deznuts, 5M is a good chunk of gold daily. and you can give 5M to multiple people, and most nations don't earn all that much gold. and even the ones with several ports don't earn too much.
Ex.
Spain averages around 14M at the moment in daily revenue from ports(did the formula of tax paying citizens). so 14M a day in profit,
5M being the hard limit makes up a THIRD of this revenue. lets say king takes 5M, and then 7 governors would also want a share, so lets say 2.5 M each
that equals 22.5M, which would eat up all the profit, and the treasury. so 5M as a hard limit is incredibly high honestly, most nations don't earn that much in a day.