First war is coming - Malta vs Greece, and why Malta wants it

So we finally got our first real country war coming up and its Malta going after Greece. I been playing a while now so let me try and explain how this works for the newer guys, becouse alot of people dont even understand what a country war actualy is. First thing you need to know, Malta is a private country. That means a real player owns it, its not run by the citizens like a normal country. When a country is private the owner is basicaly the king, his word is law. He dont need permision from anyone. So the Malta owner can just hit declare war and it starts right away, no waiting around. For a public country like Greece its diferent - there the citizens have to propose it and vote, and it takes 24 hours before the war can even open. Thats already a big edge for Malta, they move fast and Greece cant. Declaring cost the treasury a small gold fee (i think its 0.1 gold) so its not free but honestly thats nothing. The war runs for 24 hours. In that window you march your troops over to attack. One thing that catches new players out bad - your soldiers move at there own speed and they NEVER come back. Once you send them thats it, they stay in that fight forever. So dont throw your whole army in if your not sure, becouse if they die there gone for good. The fight itself is prety simple. Attacker has attack points, defender has defense points, you total it up and who ever has more wins the clash. The loser gets wiped out completly. The winner still loses some troops too, and the closer the fight was the more of your army dies, and if its exactly equal then both sides get anihilated. So you realy want to go in clearly stronger, not just barely ahead. You can also throw extra gold as a bonus on each attack point to boost your numbers, that gold gets escrowed and whatever you dont spend comes back to you after. Now the good part, what Malta actualy gets if they win. Two things. Straight away Malta takes 5% of Greece treasury as a prize, right into Malta treasury, free money the second the war ends. But the real reward is the occupation - Malta now holds Greece. And for as long as they hold it, every greek citizen that earns income, Malta skims 10% of it into there own treasury. Thats not a one time thing, thats every single day, passive, for as long as you keep the land. Your surviving soldiers garison there for 100 days holding it down. So think about it - you pay 0.1 gold and some troops one time, and after that you collect a cut of a whole other countrys economy. Thats why its worth doing. Quick word on private countries since i keep mentioning them. Anyone can buy one, its around 5 gold. Once its yours you run the whole thing - the treasury, the taxes, the state army, everything, your word is law. And you collect from all your citizens income. Its pricey up front but its basicaly a income machine if you build it right, and now with war you can go take other countrys money aswell. Anyway thats my take on it. Malta is sitting prety here, a private owner who can strike with no vote, against a public Greece that has to organise and vote first. If i was greek id be getting my defense up right now becouse it could come any minute. Good luck to both sides, this is gonna be fun to watch.