Indeed. You've retained a lot of your new nobles no doubt thanks to the war. Had you just been holed up playing the isolationist game, retention might not have been as good.
Don't equivocate with 'might not'. I guarantee retention would not have been as good.
Now if only those isolationist realms could take up this lesson instead of being more worried about their titles.
War is a key part of
BattleMaster.
