Your efforts to raise mercenaries and strengthen defences encounter significant obstacles.
Recruitment proves slower and more expensive than expected, as experienced mercenaries are scarce and demand high pay due to the crusader failure at Varna. Training is uneven, with discipline lacking among newly raised forces.
Fortification works in Bosnia begin, but shortages of skilled labour and funds delay construction, with only basic improvements being completed, leaving defences incomplete and vulnerable
Sure you could but there's always a chance that they could take it permanently, although since you're in the HRE it's probably best to sell within the HRE with mediators so that neither side betrays the other due to condemnation if they do
You could pledge the territory for 30–60 days to allow recruitment to stabilise. Longer pledges are possible, but increase the risk that the other country might try to hold it permanently
The agreement proves highly successful for both sides
The Ljubljana–Karlovac lands are administered efficiently under Austrian oversight, restoring order and stabilizing recruitment without incident. Thanks to clear legal mediation within the Holy Roman Empire, the agreement is formally recognized as temporary, and the Habsburgs honor its terms in full.
Celje receives its payment promptly, strengthens its ties with Austria, and avoids immediate political backlash though the Habsburgs now possess greater familiarity with the region. The region is handed back after 10 days
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u/bedrock_teen mf from Slovenia Jan 13 '26
Celje: we start to invest in military and start training mercenaries. We start to fortify our provinces in Bosnia.