The AI seems to not always prepare for a war it intends to declare.
I've seen countries (France) declare war on me (Thüringen) and Spain, when it either had poor armies (low numbers) or armies in very wrong parts of the country.
If France has huge numbers of armies at the dutch borders and none ar hardly any at the Spanish border, it's asking for trouble to declare war at Spain.
In my view it should concentrate troops closer to the disputed border before declaring war.
greetings, Oranje
I've seen countries (France) declare war on me (Thüringen) and Spain, when it either had poor armies (low numbers) or armies in very wrong parts of the country.
If France has huge numbers of armies at the dutch borders and none ar hardly any at the Spanish border, it's asking for trouble to declare war at Spain.
In my view it should concentrate troops closer to the disputed border before declaring war.
greetings, Oranje
And of course You´re right, that countries should at least conscript enough armies before declaring war.