Jeanne de Clisson wrote:Perhaps if you were to require the Approval of the Monarch of a Port holding country prior to embarking on a Nation's Mission there would be more security
My experience leads me to the inevitable conclusion that the developers prefer nations to be precariously balanced on the edge of disaster at all times : their security is not an issue and can only be achieved by the relentless and daily expenditure of vast amounts of resources : and if a band of villains choose so, even that expenditure might not be enough, for you have just spent it to create an opportunity for them to profit from destroying it. The nation must be lucky every time, the villains need only be lucky the once.
Mexico brought no changes to that truth : USA brought no changes to that truth : Midway Islands brought no changes to that truth : Spain brought no changes to that truth : nor have many other smaller examples, not will the next, or the next after that : port control is structured to soak up vast swathes of cash and resources : any return on your investment is temporary : more expenditure is always round the corner. Or, like Grenada and Montenegro : watch all you have created with your precious assets just melt away.
Thus, no surprises when many veterans tire of the silliness and so choose to step away from it.