Wars are not as common as you would think, people dont just declare war for no reason, and when they do others usually defend them.

I'm not trying to say anyone I know from the past in this region is a war mongerer. And perhaps my views have been colored by experiences in other regions. But what I'm trying to do is arrive at something that is fair and equitable to both sides of the argument and allows the loser to keep participating in the region, even if they are perhaps reduced to a  Luxembourg, Andorra, or San Marino. We can't control who will respond to a recruiting telegram and someday, eventually, that bad apple is bound to show up.