The biggest thing thats getting to me about saves is that there not saving all the info.
1 such thing its not saving is trade goods.
This is what i did to test it after i had noticed it happening.
Got ultra spice from torians
Aproval raiting 98%
Save game.
Exit
Run Game
Load saved file.
Aproval raiting 92%
this was even reflected in my domestic stats screen.
Now i dont ever exit the game cause i have noticed other things but i dont want to post them with out conformation.