First of all, chart manipulation isn't against the utopian code, it's against player based ethics. Secondly, I'm not clear on how giving a weaker kingdom a free cf with the condition that they don't compete for #1 against them is anything unusual. Most of the top kingdoms all have similar deals with others.
The only unusual chart manipulation was Bart transferring land from his kingdom to another kingdom and then taking that land back on his top two provinces.
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