Stick to the South if you would, but so long as you are willing to leave once you are at a technological and material standpoint similar to that of a new nation, or when the Tbilisi nations should see fit. At which point, the Tbilisi nations will assume full control of all Atsnian assets in the Caucuses.
Meanwhile, Atsnia is not a totally free state, keep in mind. It exists on land rented at the cost of a future alliance, as well as assuming a position of submission to Tbilisi nations while existing in the Caucuses.
As SwatONE SWAT One once put it, Freedom isn't free and the cost is not limited to money.
You're my friend and all, but the politics have to come first here.
Which isn't to say you're a total puppet state or slave nation.
It's to say that you'll just have to trust me for a bit.