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Central Roman Empire (official) | Roma Centrum (unofficial) | Byzantium (contemporary name)

 * Government: Semi-decentralised Imperial Monarchy
 * Emperors:
 * Constantine IV (r. 884-902) (b. 858-902)
 * Alexios II (r. 902-906) (b. 849-906) <- New dynasty, the Euboean dynasty
 * Saul (r. 906-) (b. 890)
 * Military: 400,000 in total. Again, the numbers have been raised in stakes (though many are unsure if the Mesopotamian front would hold), maintenance has started to take a grip for the first time with more people being in the army to work on multiple fronts.
 * Economy: By the start of the 10th century, with the Varangians coming down from their huge raids (except in few occasions), trade with the north has been largely restored. But with the non-aggression pact with the Hassanids expiring, the conflict with the east would come and that the Silk Road would once again become jeopardised by conflict, one that the Central Roman Empire could never recover.
 * Demographics: (Does not include Nabatea, Naples, Svertheim and Orientia)
 * Population: 25,300,000 (approximate)
 * Constantinople: 600,000
 * Large cities: 2,500,000
 * Small settlements: 5,700,000
 * Rural areas: 16,500,000
 * Religion: 73% Christian (50% Eastern Orthodox, 13% Roman Catholic, 10% Folk Christian and Coptic), 1% Zoroastrian, 13% Neo-Hellenism, 0.5% Judaism, 12.5% Other
 * Culture: 34% Greek, 7.5% Armenian, 7% Illyrian, 2% Thracian, 5.5% Assyrian, 0.5% Jewish/Israelite, 21% Egyptian, 6% Escosian, 1.5% Persian, 15% Other
 * Diplomacy:
 * Ostfrankreich: We are extremely reluctant of negotiating but we will accept.
 * Events:
 * Preparing for Defence (rinse and repeat): A network of fortresses are continued to be built as a fallback line and troops are being routinely enlisted and conscripted, all trained for the inevitable battle that comes forward. Numbers have been raised up to historical levels since the war with the Iranian Empire. The Assyrians, which they are the closest ally to the Central Romans, are the buffer state for what comes next. But it is vital to send thousands of troops there, along with support and trade of resources to ensure that they could never get pass the Fertile Crescent. It is best for them to support them in the most vital way, as they were a historical ally and backstabbing them won't lead to them winning the war at the time. As the Romans feared, if they break through, then the fall would come forward. In total, 300,000 Roman men (along with approximately ~70,000 to ~100,000 extra men from Central Roman allies and its subjects) are in the front in the case that 700,000+ troops that are predicted come here.
 * Establishment of the Varangian Guard: With Svartheim under the vassalage of the Central Roman Empire and that the Central Roman Empire is a decentralised mess, along with the fact that sometimes Emperor Constantine IV doesn't trust the Greeks to do his bidding as bodyguards. So he looked up to the vassal of Svartheim to give some sort of a hand and establish another wing of the Emperor's bodyguard. Constantine IV established the Varangian Guard formally on 901, which serves as the Emperor's bodyguard but are much better than local levies could provide. They are provided with a lot of gold, silver or valuable materials in exchange for loyalty and to be in service with the Emperor and any future Emperors to come.
 * Expiration: As the non-aggression pact had started to come to an end and that the Avars and the Varangians are all literally "handled", the Central Romans dedicated themselves to fully positioning much of their troops across the boundaries and positions implemented in the century-long plan to defend themselves against the Hassanids. The 700,000 troops or even more are coming and it looks like the Central Roman Empire and its allies are going to lose hardly as the Hassanids wanted to break up the non-aggression pact and declare that everyone west of Assyria is to be murdered and killed as they are non-believers unless they renounce their faith and convert. They will never accept a renewed non-aggression pact.
 * End of a Dynasty: (see Emperors list)