>playing ERE in stainless steel
>it's around 1306
>declared war on venice around the end of the 13tn century since I have a solid grip on Italy bar pisa/rome and genoa
>hungary, my day 1 ally (its 196 turns, playing with the balanced SS ai), broke my alliance and allied them after I took venice's starting islands
>lay siege to venice
>realize hungary allied with venice somehow
>try to ally hungary again
>can't because I annexed venice already and the game engine doesn't allow you to ally countries who have allied dead countries
>forced to raise several new field armies around the balkans in case hungary inevitably wars me
This is the only bullshit I already dislike about Med2. I'm more shocked mods like SS didn't amend this. The fact that this is likely a engine issue is something I just can't wrap my mind around no matter how many alcohol shots I take while playing.

What's really damning is Hungary is huge because I'm been using them as a comically oversized guarddog in the Balkans the greater eastern European world. I feel like I was quite literally bankrolling them because I lovebomb them with gifts and tributes that last years. I'm nearing the very end of this Short campaign already (on late era) anyway so once I finish sieging rome I'll target them next.