Director, you don't have to sound so WP:OWNY, because I agree (for once), Christ, this is a stupid fucking argument. Morbidly curious about how Balkan editing worked I decided to take a peek. Jeeee-zus!  No wonder everyone gets so batshit. This could simply be solved by finding a few books that make reference to this particular region in Croatia during this time period using (or not using) this format. Asdisis, I do agree this is a question of style and you do need to show this is not the convention stylistically. Also, have some sympathy for the reader, who is probably coming to this article because he/she wants some quick, digestible answers. A convoluted description of the location is likely to baffle and alienate  .