Imperial Diet & Rules

[The Celtic Viking]

"I'll remind you that these things happened as the direct cause of a few things:

1) The Kaiser was absent.

2) The then-owner of Bohemia, Vaclav Premyslid, had made an exodus from the political as well as the military scene.

3) The Margrave had no money at all, thus he could not muster any army what so ever.

Those are the main causes to at least why the north came so close to crumbling, and why it indeed is still in a weak state, far from recovered. However, all of these are temporary causes, and all of them have been resolved. The Kaiser is back. Bohemia is under the Margrave's control, and he is shirking none of his responsibilities. Partly thanks to his acquisition of Bohemia and partly thanks to the aid he has received from the Kaiser, the Margrave is now in an economic position where he can even think about invading and conquering new territories.

Though it would be much too rash to say that the north is safe - far from it, as you shall see if you look out over the walls - it is certainly recovering. It is not a time to start throwing heaps on money on a failed position. Just throw it out and treat mercenaries like regular soldiers: bought and supported by the noble hiring them, under his full control. What's wrong with that?"