New: peace conference initiators can now demand war reparations — a lump sum or a tribute drained from the loser's income — stacking with any other peace terms.
Fixed: an ally calling you into a war at an inconvenient moment could silently drag you into it with no prompt — now the request just waits its turn.
Attacking a country far bigger than you is throttled much less if your own army is genuinely strong — a powerful military now breaks through a "giant's" defense instead of stalling for no reason.
Frontline garrisons (even without built divisions) now also add to your offensive strength.
Fixed: a weak attacker could no longer "encircle" and capture a stronger rival's territory through map geometry alone, without an army capable of it.
Fixed a mix-up with historical borders after civil wars — the winning side no longer lost the right to reclaim its liberated homeland.
A coalition no longer celebrates its formation if only one member actually declared war instead of all of them.
Fixed ultimatum exploits: pressuring a weak rebel splinter of a great power is no longer a cheap shortcut, and nibbling away territory piece by piece is no longer cheaper than taking it all at once.
Fixed: countries that got land back no longer stayed stuck forever with zero military and zero defense budget.
Vassals under an overwhelmingly stronger master now build up "desire for liberty" from tribute more slowly.
Achievements
The "Fashionista" achievement — for changing your flag and renaming your country in the same game — should now work correctly.
Fixed the "Tech Genius" achievement — in some scenarios it was impossible to earn because of technologies granted at the start.
Fixed the "AFK Empire" achievement — pop-up notifications (epidemics, crises, alliance invites) no longer reset the idle timer.
Interface
Fixed: demolishing a missile silo didn't work outside of war, same as forts and AA used to.
Performance
On mobile devices, maps for several scenarios (Modern World, World War II, Victorian Era) now use lighter graphics — lower memory use and better compatibility with weaker phones.
Misc
The debug console now has a quick sandbox-mode toggle.
In sandbox observer mode, clicking an enemy of the focused country now attacks it instead of just moving the camera.
The bug that prevented creating a country in the map editor has been fixed.