[WraithLord]

try to take a look at the nation overview each turn, with units off, just to check the unrest & taxes in each one. When unrest starts getting to 20, I start thinking about dropping the taxes. If unrest is over 30, I drop taxes to 0 until unrest is 0 again.

That's some great advice. thanks.

How about a bless strategy?
I tried the carrion dragon with 9 picks of nature and death.
I tested my blessed centaurs in battle and they were awesome.

But maybe the medusa can give a better bless with nature and earth or maybe I can go for a rainbow mage for both site search and lesser bless effects of all paths.
Did anyone try going for bless pretender?