Your mention of the population cards just reminded me of something else:
- Genocide cards can only be used on enemy-held territories, population increase cards can only be used on friendly territories. I suppose that does make sense, but it does limit the use of those cards even further. Genocide cards can be used in conjunction with an attack on an enemy territory, Population Increase are only useful if you know that there's an attack imminent on a specific one of your own territories.
Having Troopers standing by near all your own static defenses to recapture them defeats the purpose of having static defenses, so is not a solution.
