D0NIMATRIX
Full of drivel
As we should all know, to maintain power, an empire MUST keep expanding so as its expenses do not catch up to its income. But corruption and waste are so powerful that the rate of conquest must double or triple quite often to provide enough upkeep for the high-cost military. Of course every now and then you could build a settler or a worker and disband it to get less population, or trade it with someone else then I guess it MIGHT work for a while...