[Loops]

Configuring auto-marching orders for troops sounds nice, but it isn't really thematically consistent with the rest of Dominions where commanders are required to really get troops to do anything.

What about another approach to issue - one more focused on the sorts of things we already see in the game. Suppose there were a new order for certain types of commanders ("Gather Minions") that would act like a spell that teleports all existing uncommanded troops from adjacent provinces to him. This would dramatically reduce the scale of the management issue without requiring anything really new. You could even get fancy and limit the effect to his leadership ability.

There are already commander abilities that generate troops and spells that can target uncommanded troops (not specifically maybe but hostile rituals can certainly hit them), so it wouldn't seem like there were any obvious hurdles. Although, I'm sure a lot of little complications would pop up, and this mechanic (or anything like it really) would be extremely powerful so it'd take some careful thought.