It's possible to hold alliances with those who aren't on your borders or who can easily attack you by sea, at least for a time, even on vanilla.
However, I tend to see the AI as untrustworthy no matter what, and I don't consider them my equals in any sense, and I am as genocidal and ruthless towards them as they are towards me. I will keep my reputation high enough to score a bunch of alliances, trade rights, map info, territories, florins, you name it.
Then I mass a huge force and take whatever they don't offer me via diplomacy. Stupid computer, humans are here to kill you; don't offer me anything except endless warfare until I am stone dead.
Would anyone care to edit the game files in such a way that makes them refuse all diplomatic offers, ally against me from the start, and relentlessly attack me until I am dead? I want to see how long I can last. depending on the faction, I still predict a win.
Bwahahaha...
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