Well obviously war requires 3 things... Money,money and yet more money... People should try to imagine how things will go in the future... You can't hope to take on whole empire ,while you have 200 troops and lets say 50k-100k denari... This is as real as it gets... You fked up.. now face the consequences... Seriously before making such crucial decisions few things must be taken into the account. 1:Amount of $ you have... 2: ammount of units you have. 3: Relations with other lords. 4: And try to anticipate how long war will/should take...