[1.0.0.290] city rebels in first 20 turns (Not a Bug)

[Monte]

Conditions:
* huge earth map
* deity or immortal difficulty
* location in center Europe (Athens, Amsterdam, Hungary) where multiple cities are nearby

After my starting city grows to 2 population it becomes unhappy and rebels in 8-9 turns, then the game is over. I've tried to build Monument first but it does not help. Happened 5-6 times, impossible to play. Any suggestions?

 

[Browd]

Can you post a save file from before your capital flips?

 

[Monte]

few turns before growing to population 2 I got a message that we are losing loyalty

 

[Aristos]

Not a bug, just too crowded for the loyalty model to produce anything different.

 

[Takfloyd]

Are there any resources you can harvest for food to boost your population and reduce loyalty pressure? This is not a bug and should be moved to a different forum, but it's still an annoying situation and I'm wondering if there's a way to survive.

 

[Monte]

I haven't found a way.. I can produce builder first but then I will lack a monument which also provides loyalty