rigid mulch
The reason they're made to pause the game is because they're important or time sensitive information, and they often require the player to react quickly, like attacking a country that starts a coalition before it has time to form. Because the pop ups are in the middle of the screen it's almost impossible to do anything without closing them, but doing so starts the game back and creates a window of time where something bad can happen before the player has had time to react. Let the players unpause the game themselves so they can take the time to process the information and take whatever measures they need.
trim aurora
brave heron