[Zeldor]

theenemy:

Nah, it is way beyond that. Penalties for research, ahistorically weak troops for some nations, bad manpower, bad provinces.
And all that wouldn't be so bad if game was enjoyable. But most of the time you fight against interface and stupid game mechanics, not other nations. Especially when it comes to trying to sign peace and calculating war score. Any small border wars just don't work. You need total annihilation to take just 1 province. And if you are losing you can just offer white peace 100 times and it will randomly get through after some time.