After i get home from work i have max 1-2 hours to play. (Playing singleplayer )

When most my pox nora games take 1h+ i see my self playing less and less.

Also without even a pause button i cant do anything else besides play Pox Nora, i cant for example pause the game and do a fast chore since the turn timer is ticking.

Its just hard to commit on playing 1h+ games without possibility to do anything else.

Is there a reason game wont pause when we hit escape in single player mode? What harm could a pause cause ? IS this a pause cause?