Making Rebels act more like minor factions

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Hi there,

Is there any way to make Rebels act like true local powers ? I know it's Total War but, in every game, they are being invaded too easily by other factions. I want some regions to remain independents after turn 100.

What I thought to do :

- Add unlimited money and king's purse to the Slave faction
- Switch the ai_label to something other than 'slave_faction' (switch to 'default' ?)
- Making them neutral with everyone at the start of the campaign
- Switching the difficulty to a less aggressive one (Medium or Hard)
- Switching the campaign AI to 0.8 CAI which seems to me to be less aggressive.

Any other thing ?

Am I the only one to want the Rebels to be stronger ?

Thanks guys