My force limit is steadily decreasing. Is this a bug?

[Admiral Chimp]

I have been playing Muscovy (which I have done a lot) and am experiencing some weird stuff.
The first thing I noticed was getting the Caribbean revealed in the 1470s. Then the east coast of Siberia was revealed a few years later. None of the connecting territory was revealed. I even got the central wasteland of Borneo revealed without any surrounding territory revealed and the north coast of Australia revealed too.
But the real problem is my force limit is steadily decreasing. Every time I add land my force limit creeps down. I am within my governing capacity. While I am low on crownland and getting some penalties that way it does not have any kind of ticking steady decreasing of force limit that I can see.
I think it may be a bug because this is the first time both of those things have happened to me and I thought they may be connected.
Is there something I am missing? Anyone have any thoughts on what is going on?

[Kapika96]

It's because of your low crownland. It gives increased autonomy per month. The more autonomy provinces have the less force limit they give you. At 100% autonomy you're getting nothing from them.

Get that under control and the autonomy will slowly start ticking down again and your force limit will start increasing again.

[Dumont]

Hi AdmiralChimp,
I have the same thing happen to me every time I play. I have been told that autonomy may have to do with it (but how I am not sure).

[bri]

Originally posted by Dumont:

Hi AdmiralChimp,
I have the same thing happen to me every time I play. I have been told that autonomy may have to do with it (but how I am not sure).

How is fairly simple.

Your force limit is determined by a base number (so even one province minors can have some semblance of an army) plus a multiplier times your effective development plus any bonus from buildings or trade good; that total is then multiplied by 100% +/- any national modifiers in effect.

The key thing to note is it is effective development, not just development, and that is where autonomy comes in. The effective development of a province decreases as the autonomy increases to the point where a 10/10/10 province at 90% autonomy is the functional equivalent of a 1/1/1 province at 0 autonomy (both of which would, absent other effects such as buildings or producing grain, contribute .30 army force limit).

[Narrowmind]

Very well explained, effective development. Lol

[Admiral Chimp]

I think that must have been what happened. The crownland mechanic is something I am still not used to and am still trying to use correctly.