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Central Roman Empire | Roma Centrum
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 * Government: Semi-decentralised Imperial Monarchy
 * Emperors:
 * Constantine III (r. 834-858) (b. 810-858)
 * Alexios (r. 858-) (b. 832)


 * Military: 245,000 in total. After the war against Atlas, the Central Roman Empire faces two threats, one imminent and one that would soon change the shape of history, the Hassanid Arzarkhate. The Arzarkhate would potentially be unstoppable and the Central Roman Empire is anticipating any possible invasion that was supposed to be from the Jaghatai Khaganate, but things have changed since the Century of Peace had passed. With that in mind, there is also the Avars in the north. Under Constantius, the number of troops have substantially increased to fight back the Avars after the war against the Avars, but not enough against the Arzarkhate.
 * Economy: The Central Roman Empire in the late 8th century and early decades of the 9th century saw itself having a trade and financial boom. But when the Avars came, trading with the north with Vedena has been significantly reduced. Tartary, the buffer and ex-Roman kingdom has now collapsed to its knees. This has put a huge blow to decades-old trade routes that are established by merchants of Vedena. In the East, the Silk Road is now under control of the Arzarkhate. The East can't be traded anymore, for now at least. However, the Central Roman Empire has obtained silkworms from the former Eastern Roman Empire or Roma Oriental, allowing them to continue producing silk and forcing everyone in Europe to buy silk from Constantinople, which is good.
 * Demographics: (Does not include Nabatea, Mussolinia and Orientia)
 * Population: 25,620,000 (approximate)
 * Constantinople: 700,000
 * Large cities: 2,450,000
 * Small settlements: 5,770,000
 * Rural areas: 16,700,000
 * Religion: 77% Christian, 1% Zoroastrian, 10% Neo-Hellenism, 0.5% Judaism, 11.5% Other
 * Culture: 30% Greek, 5% Armenian, 7% Illyrian, 10% Thracian, 5% Assyrian, 0.5% Jewish/Israelite, 20% Egyptian, 6% Escosian, 16.5% Other
 * Diplomacy:
 * Assyria: OK, we will provide you some resources to defend yourselves and some troops over there in exchange. We need you to prepare for a long-term defence plan.
 * Escosia: Yes, sure whatever.
 * Events:
 * The Eastern Threat: After the Century of Peace had brought itself to an end on 830, exactly 100 years since the Justinian Proposal was accepted by both parties of the Greco-Iranian War (or the Byzantine-Iranian War), there is no time to act. Even though a century ago, many would have prophesise the end of the Central Roman Empire through war against the Iranians. They are technically right, but this is not what they have foreseen in their own generation. Instead of the Jaghatai Khaganate that people in the year 730 have seen, the year 830 saw a growing religious threat. With Assyria managing to break free of the shackles of the once great Iranian Empire and the Jaghatai Khaganate, the Romans see a brief time of enjoying a sense of "dominion" over Assyria and Escosia as allies, but once the Khaganate falls, they would be pushed to a brink of falling, just like Roma Oriental and gradually, Roma Occidental. Much of the main focus is to improve defences, even in the last 50 years, where it used to be defending against Jaghatai, now they have to face an issue of trying to handle a 700,000 force. Annexing Orientia and Nabatea does not make a difference (even a century later where the Central Roman Empire is permitted to annex) and annexing them would outright infuriate those that are inside it, perhaps betraying them to worshipping the false god and abandon their own faiths. The main plan is to use these fortresses as a main point of attrition. Mountainous terrain is something that both the Central Romans and the Iranians at one point become experienced, but it is the Fertile Crescent that was the main point of their major conflict before and that if the Fertile Crescent falls, it would spell a gate to Jerusalem, even reaching Constantinople. So the main goal was to build up fortresses and prepare a lot of troops alongside the border, extending it to Assyria (if they are willing to accept). The fallback lines will be the border of Nabatea with Assyria and Orientia. Over 125,000 troops are stationed across these regions. But a modern historian have said it out loud, "Of course, this plan would fail." But who cares? The Central Roman Empire holds its morale based on a religious one, rather than being an imperial one like the Greco-Iranian War. It is a fight for religion, to see if Arzham could break through the largely undisturbed part of the Roman Empire. It is make or break. The Central Romans believe that they will win, but of course, they won't see it coming...
 * Avars: The Avars are being largely dealt with, where 50,000 troops are diverted from Sicily and in the Balkans to fight against the threat. The Danube river is a big friend (sort of) and bridges are being torn down to make a halt, although they have broke through OTL Dobruja, much of the efforts are to push them away from the region and back into the Danube river. The big disadvantage is that the Romans would have to cross over the water, slowing down their speed. Support with Escosia is also being actively handled, where 10,000 out of the 50,000 are being sent off as an expeditionary army (well they are not called as that) to line up against the Carpathian line. Under Constantius the Macedonian, he ensures that both of these threats are to be handled with, even if one of them can slip through and pour into either side of the Central Roman Empire.
 * End of the Roman Empire: On 829, the self-proclaimed Roman Empire comes to an end under Constantius III before he died from syphilis. It also came down to the age of stagnancy that is well-approaching, with the death of Justinian III, her legacy was largely diminished shortly after Emperor Basil just took over her throne. Another thing is that the Arzarkhate is a looming threat and would quickly tear down the smaller, yet more organised army of Central Romans and their fortress-building scheme in the East. These have led to the end of the Roman Empire, by name, it would be known as the Central Roman Empire again or Roma Centrum.