Lodz province of Poland has half of its population as intellectuals, which is probably a mistake in the version. Meanwhile Kursk province has %0.4 intellectuals meanwhile being one of the most populated areas in Russian Empire. Due to game mechanics, Russia already remains backward, I think such states with extra low intellectual rates should be fixed to %1.0. This will allow those states to have at least normal increase rate of literacy.
Also high reduction of Albanian population based on a census 100 years later is kind of ridiculous. During the last periods of Ottoman Empire there was a huge migration of Muslims in Balkans to Turkey. So the increase of the population didn't happen naturally, but affected by external factors in warn torn Balkans.
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Bulgaria was also the region that had the highest emigration rate during wars in Balkans. Mainly muslims left the region. I think higher Turkish or Bulgarian Muslims in the region would be more accurate for the starting date, and event chain after Bulgaria being independent to move those pops to Thrace and Aydin also would be in accordance to historical events.
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