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So back in version 1.3 I posted up the cheesy guide to dispelling AE and coalitions . I'm back to do the same for 1.5.First let's make sure we're up to speed on generating Agressive Expansion and coalitions. Actions which generate AE give a base amount, for example 15AE per province or enforced vassalage. This is then modified by other multipliers, increasing it for nations who have the same culture/culture group and religion/religious group as the nation you are doing the action against. Annexing Scotland will outrage England (same culture group, same religion), annoy the Irish and the French (different culture group, same religion) and ever so slightly perturb the Russians (same religious group, different culture group). The Ottomans will not give a hoot (no religious or cultural bond to Scotland). If you generate AE against an HRE member, other HRE members get +50% AE against you for it.Nations with AE against you will join the coalition against you if their relations are low enough and they are stuck in that coalition for a minimum of 2 years. Raising relations to +50 is a sure-fire way to remove them from the coalition, as are allying them or getting rid of all your AE with that nation.Raising relations with everyone to +50 is time consuming and not often possible due to AE and rivalries, so let's see to the other sure-fire way: removing your AE.AE naturally degrades by 2.0 per year, rounded up. This amount if increased by your better relations over time, which is primarily affected by prestige, ideas and the advisor. There is no difference as far as I can see between losing 2.1 and 2.9 AE per year, they will both drop AE by 3 per year on the 1st of January.But that is slow, and I am a firm believer in man's God-given right to go fast.If you spit out 2-province Wales, return Lothian to Scotland and end the vassalage of one-province Tyrone in the peace deal of a lost war, that's 4*7.5 = 30AE lost with every single nation on the planet, from Madrid to Makasar, Timbuktu to Tokyo."Jake, we've heard this before, but you now lose cores on non-primary culture provinces you return to 3rd parties and the AE you generate re-taking provinces will make this a complete waste of time" I hear you cry. Well I'm getting there.Okay, so what you need to do is find a culturally isolated religiously insulated nation to be your punching bag. The weaker the better. Finland and the Balkans, as well as many Buddhists are great for this, but there are no better punching bags than the Mesoamericans. If you annex, or even just take a large number of provinces from one of these animists, then instantly "lose" another war and return them, you'll lost 7.5AE per province. Since these nations are so soft, all you need is a port, a way to get to them and an army of ~10,000 to walk all over them. If you annex said nation then release them, they'll lose all AE against you so you won't even have them joining the coalition. The other Americans? Well, the Totemists will not care much about the Animists, and they can't even join the coalition because they won't know of your country's existence.Not convinced? I just did this as Navarra to burn off most of my European AE. A stronger nation could do it far easier and faster. Skip to 1:10:40 for the peace deals.Cliff Notes: Eat natives, spit them back out in a peace deal, kiss your AE goodbye.