An Economist Plays Victoria 3: Avoiding Civil War

There are those who revel in a prospect of a civil war, and there are those who feel a sense of responsibility towards the pixels and digital citizens we manage in games like Victoria 3. Myself, I take it as a condition of personal victory, how long I go without civil wars or how few I have in a country run. Let's look at the political calculations needed to avoid plunging a nation into internecine conflict!
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