While using the political map in the game I noticed that my country (Sweden) have small shields in all its provinces. What does that mean? Playing as Russia I noticed that they have these shields all over the place...If I capture a province with a shild, I have noticed that it will not revolt, why is that? And if I capture a province (say I province from the Golden Hord playing as Russia) with a shield, how will the rest of the world react to that? Will they think: 'ohh, well it should belong to his country' or what? Will my BB rating go less up if I take provninces with my shiled?