sentences:  The occupation was a significant drain on the Italians as, despite the strategic importance of the adjacent Bay of Kotor as a naval base, and Montenegro's position on the route into the central Balkans, it was a food-deficit area into which they had to import 1,200–1,500 metric tons of foodstuffs every month.The main religion in Montenegro was Serbian Orthodox.There was also a significant Muslim population and a smaller Catholic one.