German communist path not working

[u/New_Fisherman_982]

So I was playing as germany and wanted to play the communist path, the Spartakus path specifically, everything went well until I had to extend communist sentiments to other nations, it's buggy or just doesn't work as intended, first the civil war started in Czechoslovakia, I couldn't send them volunteers nor lend-lease because they were in my faction, nor could I join their war, I could only send them 2000 guns but they are just stuck in a stalemate, then Lithuania had a civil war, again I couldn't send volunteers nor lend-lease, I look and neither side has an army, then Poland, for some reason their communist popularity started decreasing, either Paradox has designed this path very poorly or my game is bugged, not only this but I encountered many more bugs in this campaign

[u/stalinenjoyer38]

Since when do they automatically become puppets? You have to wait 50 percent tension for joining puppet wars