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I like the sound of that. I think I'll have the Armanians win against the Azrac campaign, but barely. Afterwards they certainly wouldn't have enough manpower to try and help the counterattack. Between that and the failed Arhusian push, that'd be good enough for them to decide the next rightful heir (some inbred Arhusian, of course) should rule over both Kingdoms - and you get your deceitful military. 

So would our relations now still be very sketchy? Or shall the Commonwealth sort of hold that trade route over you knowing that you're becoming (somewhat) dependant on it? Or were there very good leaders between us at some point that ended up with us becoming buddy-buddy?