At first, I though nothing of the Germans. I allied with them, and they had not expanded far enough to border me yet. After I took over Greece, the situation had changed. Now the Germans sat right on the border with me, and, to make matters worse, showed signs of invasion in the movement of their armies. I bribed a few armies away, but I forgot about one. That army besieged my town in Illryia (sp?), but I was concentrated in fighting off what remained of the Thracians. I made the Thracians a protectorate.
So, after beating back the Germans, I gave my Thracian protectorate the southern half of Germany. Never mind the fact that the towns didn't connect to Thrace; I still did it.
If y'all create buffer states, do you give them to a protectorate, or just some random state that has nothing to do with the situation?