That's understood, I'm just not sure I see the purpose of that sort of compartmentalization. This thread seems less likely to degenerate into a full-scale flame war than a number of perfectly on-topic past posts, both recent and otherwise.
I have still only played the demo, and therefore am far from having a complete knowledge of the game, but just out of interest, maybe there are some globals? I don't know any of them, but I would like to hear opinions.
That reminds me, Raging Hearts! That, and Imprint Minds. They should work much better if the province's dominion is negative, ie the populace doesn't believe to the cause of the controlling nation.