A beginner's question regarding the Crimean War - with my anticipated excuses, in the event that this matter had been discussed before. I have recently started a GC as Austria (with the 1.04-August patch and Kensai's Grossdeutschland mod), trying to avoid some of its historical strategic failures. This meant, among other things, not shocking Russia with the depth of our ingratitude
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And this is where the problems begin. The war broke out in early 1852 but, despite having a defensive alliance with Russia and also promising my local support, I did not get a CB against the Ottomans (who were the ones to declare war). I started degrading my relationship with the latter, thinking that maybe +1 or 0 wasn't enough for a declaration of war, to no avail. Then, after a few turns, I got the notification that my defensive treaty with Russia is no longer valid, no event, no explanation - despite the fact that Russian troops were present on my territory (which in turn gave me a short-term CB against my former allies...)
As it is, the entire situation seems pretty improbable and gamey to me. So please tell me, is there something I missed in the functioning of the defensive treaty/DoW engine? Is Austrian neutrality hard-coded in the game?