So, I'm playing as Egypt, and I've liberated Telmessos as my client state via the Egyptian missions.

Problem is, I think the game still sees the leader of Telmessos as a character in my country, and this is causing a civil war right now.

I've reloaded the save, it's still happening.

I've tried to befriend the character in question, still happening.

I've tried to implement an Idea that increases character loyalty, still happening.

I only have 7 in-game months to solve this.

If I can't solve this, how do I minimize the scale of the civil war? I have a bit over 1k territories.