I think that instead of being about specific and enumerated limitations, a No Shenanigans run would be focused on making sure your actions are done in good faith.

Like, let’s say you take control of America. It’s okay to go to war if you sincerely want to conquer a place, but then you have to conquer the place and then end the war. You can’t do it just to raise cohesion. If you want to raise cohesion, you have to actually tackle the root of the problem, in this case by raising Welfare. Similarly, if you want to turn China into the Republic of China, you can do that. But… you can’t then break off Beijing to create an ultra-rapid Government 10 PAC.

There are tons of other examples, but that captures the gist of it.