(It's not that important but... RP wise I did not send that message to you, and you don't know my people called you barbarians, unless somehow you read minds
)
(The only thing you have is some declaration of war sent by a messenger).
Then again I like to do RP "in-character" and not as a player. Meaning my characters have the informations they have and that I'm not "Rp-ing" as myself playing Caelum (for example, in your text, you are somehow some semi-omniscient player able to read mind, and speaking to me and the player playing Abyssia simultaneously). Now, that kind of interaction is fine too, what troubles me is the mix between both.
That's the moment where I sit back and think I'm not really making myself well understood. For example, my "characters" think
you are barbarians, however, me, as a player, doesn't.
(that said, I need to answer).
As a player, the only think I got to answer is... come on, do you really believe that having more then twice the number of province and income than your neighbouring opponents was going to get unpunished ? It's a "anything goes" diplo game ! I fully expect to be backstabbed if somehow I get to the same position. If you want to know, Abyssia does keep a threateningly high troops near me just for that or whatever plans he's fomenting, so do I, and that's just part of the fun. If he wanted, he could backstab me, and that would just be my fault for not being prepared.
That said, why is LA Ulm PD so damn stupidly strong ? I'm wasting entire
armies just mowing through it.