Perdan has already offered Westmoor support if any others involve themselves against us.
DeLegro, how do you assume it is impossible? There are gradual increases over time that can very likely be overlooked or with the 2 week stats lag, can mass recruit in a short amount of time. Both options, combined with their diplomatic efforts ("Nivemus, they gonna attack youuuuuuuuu!!!!"), fit what has been viewed from Fontan.
What did I say, did I say a SUDDEN build up, pretty sure I mentioned a build up over time. Also stats only have a 7 day lag. You can attack someone unawares by leading them to think you have a solid diplomatic relationship that you then betray. You can't build up a force over time against a realm that knows you despise them without them thinking something is amiss, unless they are all incompetent. Gradual increases do nothing here, it should be obvious to almost any decent military player when a realm is running a CS high enough that it is for more then just homeland defense. The question is then, what is that CS for. In order to really catch someone unawares then they need a plausible reason to 100% trust they aren't the target. Westmoor never had that as proven by their declaration. If that was Fontans intent, they basically completely ruined its chances of success by not making a better effort to secure a fake peace. Of course had they done that it might have had wider diplomatic implications if they later tired to breach it.
So to reiterate. It is impossible to build up forces over time without the continent knowing about it. You can try to hide it by doing so very slowly, but total CS is the realm give away anyway. You can mass recruit within the seven day lag, which is why I stated impossible to build up over time. Given the fact that the whole continent can know you are basically on a war footing it is reasonable to assume that if you have clear and prolonged diplomatic issues with a realm, it would be wishful thinking to assume they won't notice your build up and make their own preparations.
