Here's another idea to reduce micromanagment. In my limited experience, the problem isn't the forging, moving guys around, hoarding gems, etc.; it's the fact that you have to do it in a million provinces!
Solution, shamelessly stolen from poker: raise the blinds.
After 40 turns (or whenever), reduce the provinces by half. Seriously, just mash them together. Do it again after 80 turns, and again at 120 if it goes that far. The big 400 province map, necessary when you started with 24 nations, is now a maneageable 100. Like in poker, the little guys get screwed, but that's kinda the point. :
Dunno if it's possible. There would be a large issue of merging sites, fortresses, units, etc.
Re: Template for reducing late game MM hell
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