[@Dinh AaronMk], [@Inkwell]:

Perhaps Inkwell's nation could come to a settlement with the Kuban and Terek Cossack Hosts somehow? Perhaps by playing them against each other? Inkwell's nation's diplomats can say to the Kuban and Terek that their country can serve as a buffer zone between them and that if they are taken over by either Cossack host, then said Cossack host will become a threat to the other?