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Because there's a bug somewhere. It's hard to tell exactly why without using a debugger, so just be glad that it's crashing when it doesn't do any harm. (That's probably why Paradox never fixed it.)
 
Is it because you use a reserved tag as player? It will be always the case then because reserved tags were never intended to be played, even if some mods propose it for hands-off games.
 
Which version do you use? Better update to last available 1.09 version.
I've experienced the same thing on occasion, so I doubt it's a version problem.