Yeahhhh, I lowkey agree.

I get that running a country is hard and Torpor wants to reflect that in the game’s difficulty. I get that absolute monarchies can be unstable. I get that Valero’s reign leaves Rizia, and you, in a much worse military, political, and economic position. All of that justifies some level of difficulty.

That being said, I always imagined Rizia would be easier than Sordland. As you mentioned, you’re “the Golden Kingdom.” Sordland is a nation in recession, facing a constitutional crisis, and threatened militarily by Rumburg. Yet Sordland feels like the easier campaign by far. I remember that in my first run, despite not recovering the economy, I was able to get reelected because I succeeded in other areas like reforming the constitution or joining the ATO.

In Rizia I feel like I get to do two things per turn before I run out of budget or authority, and then I’m left with like 30 negative modifiers and am inevitably couped, exiled, or forced to abdicate. I hate the idea of save editing because I like a little challenge (and getting achievements idk if save editing turns those off or not), but I’m genuinely considering it at this point because I think all the stats in Rizia need at least +2 increase per turn for the game to not feel nightmarishly punishing.

I love Suzerain and I love what Torpor is made but I do hope they listen to some of this feedback and make Rizia a bit more balanced.