That's a nice sentiment, but unpractical. While we could act like that (and inquiries have been made of us), you can't afford to piss off your neighbors and still expect them to let you march armies through their land. They will eventually strike when you are otherwise occupied.
It takes a lot of diplomacy to be a mercenary realm. You have to prevent too many people from getting angry with you.
Piss off our neighbors? You mean like we kind of have been pissing off Talerium this whole war?
I am not saying we don't switch sides without conditions. That can be part of the mercenary business... Such as 'destroy Eston and replace the realm with a realm that will sign a border treaty with us so that we can be mercenaries again'.
