You should be able to call allies into a war with promise of land when they desire land of a cobelligerent/overlord

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An example: The player attacks Mongolia, because they have a claim to a province of them. Mongolia are a subject of Oirat. The player is allied to Chagatai, who want to take land from Oirat, but not from Mongolia, because they do not border them. The player does not border Oirat, so they can't get a claim on Oirat, to attack them directly. If the player were to declare on Mongolia, Chagatai would not join, even though they desire land from Oirat, who would be considered a cobelligerent , because they're Mongolia's overlord.
It's the same with allies: If I attack one nation and I choose one of their allies as a cobelligerent, this basically means that I attack both nations at the same time. So, it would only make sense if I was able to promise one of my allies land that the cobelligerent owns.

Maybe the promise of a normal cobelligerent's land would be a bit too op, especially if a nation is allied to small nations, that you could attack as a cobelligerent without any downsides, but the fact that you can't promise land of an overlord of a nation you attack seems really odd to me
 
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