You don ' t know their situation . Maybe they simply can ' t just block them out . Maybe they don ' t like it , but still don ' t want to cut contact with their family . Everybody ' s story is different and can ' t be solved the same way for every situation . <| sep |> Chew when chi for <| sep |> or more like went in too deep and blew up . heh I ' m talking about the video <| sep |> You have to own the necessary provinces to build the canal at Admin tech 26 , plus 20 , 000 Ducats to build . Pay for the project , then assign the province to a client state in the province window . The problem is that you ' d most probably have to fight an angry Kebab to get those provinces . If the Mamluks are already extinct maybe you can release one of their cores to vassalize and reconquest CB for minimal AE . That way , you don ' t need a client state to overlook the building . Keep Mamluks as a vassal until the canal is finished , then integrate vassal .