Like do I have to wait for the religious wars or the halfling revolt or something if I'm a minor in their vicinity? Trying to play as Eilisin, which has a very early mission that requires me to declare an offensive war against them, but the devs in their infinite wisdom (apparently, any criticism whatsoever = downvote city on the subreddit) decided to make them not only the strongest nation at the start but also allied with their version of the Holy Roman Emperor. It's literally ten years into the game and if I war dec them they have literally 130k troops on their side. I'm allied with Gawed but, uh, yeah, that doesn't really even things up much.

Did I fuck up by waiting so long, since I could have supported their vassals' independence (and was going to but then, woops, their liberty desire dropped 20-30%)