The empire has vassals, not allies.

amarcheschi · 2026-01-18T17:52:59 1768758779

The empire is doing everything it can to alienate its vassals into indipendent cities-states with their own alliances

dmitrygr · 2026-01-18T18:12:19 1768759939

Vassals who refuse to bend the knee tend to ... not live long. Often replaced by those who bend it properly.

estearum · 2026-01-18T20:30:29 1768768229

Sounds like a cartoon world.

estearum · 2026-01-18T20:53:31 1768769611

Realpolitik dictates that you don't start conflicts with all of your vassals for literally no reason

Satisfied?

FpUser · 2026-01-18T17:41:57 1768758117

You nailed it

markus_zhang · 2026-01-18T17:18:55 1768756735

Good point but not popular here.

Starman_Jones · 2026-01-18T19:51:15 1768765875

It's old thinking that has been proven wrong multiple times... by America.

markus_zhang · 2026-01-18T22:03:35 1768773815

I think America is proving that?