In no way am I suggesting you do not have this problem.
But for this to be reported to the developers it needs to be able to be duplicated by QA and/or them. I'm trying to establish the scope of the issue here; if indeed it only happens when you are involved then it seems very likely it is not a general game bug, but some local issue. That said, the tests you have now done (thank you for that!) ought to have come out differently if that were so!
Is there any way you can try from a different location, on a different machine?
If you believe it is your Paradox account, can you make a second one with a different email, as a test?