What are you talking about? I invaded the country because it had the black lines over it, meaning I would need to wait days (or more) to take it peacefully, I did not want to wait and wanted to use the country as my "leader country." So I registered my first nation near it and invaded the country I wanted, then switched the empire leader to it. Trust me when I say that I know how to play this game. 2T in development is chump change. The fact that you are attempting to stonewall me over such chump change is quite annoying and something I won't forget. FYI, the slave nation "only has 9" corps because I am actively closing them down in order to funnel specific types of workers to my new leader nation. And it has more than 9 corps, there are 9 more corps that arent state corps. Additionally, you voted no on the main country, not the slave country you are referencing in your comments.