A Sheep Surrounded by Wolves
We exist geographically wedged between the soaring ambitions of more powerful enemies. To survive this predatory encirclement, our lords have mastered the art of pitting our neighbors against each other, wherein we perpetually offer vassalage to the distant wolf to deter the one at our doorstep. By playing the Catholic West against the Orthodox East and the Bosnian Krstjani against both, we ensure that no single hegemon can fully digest our lands without triggering a massive intervention from their rivals. This culture of sophisticated political duplicity transforms our perceived weakness into a survival mechanism, as we grant trade concessions and military access to whichever power currently guarantees our internal autonomy, effectively keeping the greater wolves at each other's throats while we remain the undisturbed masters of the Neretva.
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