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Group: Armenia, Soviet Socialist Republic of
People: Pope Pius II
Topic: Flight of the Earls
Location: Tyras Odes'ka Oblast Ukraine

The League’s main problem is the unreadiness …

Years: 1610 - 1610
April

The League’s main problem is the unreadiness of its members.

The contributions of all its members are not yet paid in April 1610; prompting a threat by Maximilian to resign.

To prevent him from doing so, Spain, which had made the giving of a subsidy dependent on Austria's enrollment in the League, waives this condition, and the pope promises a further contribution.

Through careful economics and use of his near-absolute powers of taxation, Maximillian has acquired substantial wealth, which he uses to finance a splendid army for the League.