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Thanks. Pretty good actually. However, Montenegro was conquered in 1499 when one of its finest sons became a Turkish vassal -- Skenderbeg. Turkey, however, gave up the place shortly thereafter because it was a money pit -- a dark vilayet. In Montenegro nothing grows really well except poison ivy. Tsetinye, one of the "metropolis" of the region was full of islamicized local folk or poturitse, and Montenegrins are notorious for remembering only their victories.

However, they safeguarded the Orhtodox patriarchy and are true Serbs in every respect. In fact, as many Montenegrins live in Serbia as in Montenergo. Scratch any prominent (not necessarily brilliant or positive) character in Serbia's history and -- for a tribe that's ten times smaller than all of Serbdom put together -- these people have made a major impact on the Serb culture, and history. Be it Vuk Stefanovich Karadzhich (the idiot reformer of the language), or his namesake, Radovan -- the accused war criminal and ex-Bosnian Serb Republic's president; be it Miloshevich, Slobo -- the Serbian (Serbiyanats), or his brother -- the Montenegrin (Tsernogorats), be it Zhel'ko Razhnatovich, aka Arkan, or Milovan Djilas, the self-described Serb from Montenegro, or that wonderful prince-priest, Petar Petrovich Nyegosh, or the most Serb or all Montenegrins -- King Nikola I(whose famous phrase summed it all: "all Montenegrins are Serbs, but not all Serbs are Montenegrins!"), the Serb history is full of Montenegrins, just as the plush suburb of Dedinye in Belgrade is. They are the Texans of Serbdom.