Quote Originally Posted by AlexanderTheNotSoGreat
Oh, so is there anyway to create custom alliances between factions where they dont go backstabbing you in the tenth round?
I have yet to find a way to do this. The AI could care less about the diplo settings - it wants to expand and will go through the human player if there are no weak rebel provinces available.

It's kind of sad because it is so predictable - same back-stab every game.