Why are the devs not balancing the GLARING balance issues way sooner than they are?

The game has been in a state of horrendous imbalance for MONTHS now.

Sweden broke the game, and then they were finally nerfed only to introduce two comparably OP civs that are breaking the ladder again. And it took them over a month and a half last time for a simple balance update.

Now it's been almost a month and we're still reeling from glaring balance issues that should have been rigorously tested beforehand and hotfixed as needed within days - doing small balance updates at a time.

It's like trying to buy a new investment property when you you're struggling to pay your bills.

Balance comes first, so why has ladder been absolutely broken for well over 3 months?

Also, the changes to Russia are proving to be a wash. More idle time and a weaker early game was a slightly stronger mid-game is not resulting in "better balance", they're still underpowered. Give back the 10 pop BH or give them 50f more at start, or both.