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Arralen said:

To the devs, on the other hand, it's just some perfectly fine random event.
Check out the Dom 2 thread "Dominion Spreading Effects"

Thanks for assuring me I am not crazy, Arralen.At least not too crazy

Now that you mentioned it the dominion spread started in Indy province in the middle of the ocean as well. Unless the independants get random events too (i doubt that) then it could not have been a random event. I will check the province numbers tonight and see if they are numerically connected to my empire.