I need advice on what to do

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okay heres my current game. i want you advice.

I am England in the industrial age. iam the worlds greatest superpower. i am then followed closey by germany, india and celts. i have a seris of colonies around the world and a large navy to protect them.On my borders are germany and scandanavia. which are allies.
The whole world loves me except for the portugese who i smashed a few hundred years ago, and now the rest of the world are picking at the left over of the portugese.
The problem i have is there is no coal in my empire. all the nations who have coal are either to large to attack or are allied to nations to large to attack. That leaves spain a small backwards at the top of my contient, So i made plans to invade them. I sent a force of 30 cavalry and 35 riflemen to capture there nation. They have pikemen and longbowmen so it was going to be a smashing.

To get to them i had to go though the territory of Germany (my neighbour and the second most powerfull nation in the game) and Russia ( a morderate power) i had my army all the way though germany and part way though russia,when Spain signed a military alliance with russia. I then called my cavalry back because i could send them fast but let my riflemen go on to the border but near indias border so i could leave russia if i needed.
I had planned the conquest of spain to take 5 turns. And i could take russia but that would take another 20 turns. Andiam sure during this time russia would sign a alliance withsome one like germany and start a world war.

I have tried dipolmatic means (making the spainish have a revolution then propagandering there coal city) but this did not work. so now i have a huge conscript riflemen army 20 turns from home and quickly becomeing obselet. I dont want war with russia but i need coal (for railroads.) there is no other sources where i can get coal with out causeing a world war.
As a country iam in a great possision, i have a huge military, most of the wonders. lots of luxuarys, heaps of gpt and the whole world loves me. Except i dont have coal. And the only place its available is from invading spain. no one can trade it. But war with spain means war with russia (who i currently have trade deals and a right of passage).

How can i get the spainsh coal without causeing a world war. which i dont want.
 
Sign a MPP with Russia. Declare war on Spain. Let Spain attack you. Russia declares on Spain. Move in and take coal.
 
Sign a MPP with Russia. Declare war on Spain. Let Spain attack you. Russia declares on Spain. Move in and take coal.

i use this tactic quite often, but normally it ends up russia declaring war on me (without me attacking spain) also spain has no way to attack my nation us they are to far away and they suck. also a allaince with russia would mean war with portugal. This is risky. but i think a russian allaince is proberly what i will end up doing.

Would russia ever be willing to sign a military alliance verus there ally?
 
I guess Tomoyo meant a Mutual Protection Pact, move your troops to the spanish-russian border (on the Russian territory!). Declare on Spain and leave a weak unit that Spain won't resist to attack, et voila Russia declares on Spain and you can take your coal cuty.

Greetz Jurimax
 
I think you should have gotten ROP with Germany if they are that big, that would have gotten you across them a whole lot faster and would make them more favorable toward you should you need to enlist them against the spanish. It is a bad idea to declare war before you are ready to invade. I generally go for at least one town captured on the first turn if at all possible. If I go to war for the purpose of taking a single town I bring a settler along with the troops, raze their city and replace it with my own to lessen the chance of flips. Also, artillery is your friend.
 
i did i had a right of passage with the whole world. (except spain)

i was worried that the spainsh would never be able to attack my territory there fore set off my allaince with russia.

well i just done it, i signed a MMP with russia and declare war, the spainsh attacked my soliders in russian but this didnt trigger the MMP. then the stupid spainsh sent 5 gallys and attacked my vetrean man-of-war. 3 turns and spain was wiped off the map.
i also got a military leader.
Thanks guys.
 
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