The Carniolan lands were bound informally to the other marches of the southeast of the Empire in what has been termed the "Austrian complex" because of the supremacy which Austria quickly obtained over the others and the way in which they tended to follow her.
Teritoriul Carniolei era legat neoficial de celelalte mărci din sudul Imperiului prin ceea ce se numeea "complexul austriac", ca urmare a supremației pe care Austria a dobândit-o imediat asupra celorlalte regiuni.