Viciously paranoid fellow more like. I've played enough Diplomacy to watch my allies closely, and in fact at one point (When I passed Kolachee on actually) I suspected ATPG of having created the idea of the Coalition just to distract me from trying to win the war on my own. The trouble with conspiracy theories is you can never have just one.

It will be very interesting to see how things work now. Depending on how far Rome has made it into Kypchak lands they may actually have a decent shot at getting to their victory conditions... if the KoJ is willing to help them get there.