Diplomacy

Aggressive Expansion

Aggressive Expansion or AE in this mod is greatly reduced. This allows for significant expansion early on in game. However it is highly recommended to not blob as in the current version of the mod 1.28.3 corruption is killer. How this connects is Government Capacity or GC where for the early game almost the entirety of a country's GC is determined by the Capital, the second most (usually around a tenth of the capital in early game) is primary culture. Additionally each province as base (average) consumes 1 GC, this quickly consumes your GC causing insane levels of corruption. The best way to combat corruption is by minimizing bureaucracy (paradox government reform) which consumes GC.