In an ideal world, they get DOW'ed from the east, but manage to hold the enemy at bay for a while. So, I almost feel like the best situation here is not protectorate at your borders, but a third party that might give you another trade route out of the deal. It seems that if you have a protectorate at your borders they won't declare war against you, but then someone else DOWs them, and you have a war on your hands anyway, or a giant penalty to your relations across the board for refusing to protect them. And this can cost a lot more than just recruitment/upkeep - e.g, a war with Russia or the Ottomans means the loss of a super lucrative trade route for me. I've played a few turns out different ways, and the problem as I see it, is that you are nearly certain to eventually be at war with your neighbors, which in some cases, means a war with a lot more than that. Having big stacks in mainland europe, africa and the colonies simultaneously is just too expensive. Ideally, this allows me to focus recruitment and upkeep on the colonies, and finish my north african campaign. I took the Netherlands, Rhineland, Stuggart, which I kept, and Bavaria, and Hannover, which I traded away. I want a buffer zone between me and Austrian/Polish/Prussian/Ottoman aggression. My goal (as France) is to avoid getting dragged into the monster East european conflict that is raging right now. So, a note on how this plays into my geopolitical strategy:
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