[Loren]

I'm trying a game against a bunch of impossible AI's with LA Ermor right now.

If your dominion pushes beyond your empire you don't have enough gold to build temples to push your dominion out. When my fighting took my borders beyond my dominion for a while I actually started making enough money to temple reasonably.

My idea of a fix:

I would add two spells, one that creates a dark temple and one that creates a fortress and which need death gems. This would solve the basic problem of LA Ermor not being able to afford it's buildings without making it a gold-based nation.

I would also be inclined to prevent LA Ermor from getting random events that give troops that need upkeep.