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Roma Centrum | Central Roman Empire | "Roman Empire"

 * Government: Semi-decentralised Imperial Monarchy
 * Emperors:
 * Justinian III the Great (r. 764-804) (b. 740-804)
 * Basil (r. 804-817) (b. 753-817) <- Cilician Dynasty appears again, but very briefly
 * Constantius the Macedonian (r. 817) (b. 789)
 * Military: 190,000 in total. In the height of a war against Atlas, desert warfare is a big issue for the Central Roman army, so the more fighting, the more experienced the Central Romans would get in warfare against a Roman-descendent state, which combat against the Romans or what's left of it has not been in the mind for over three centuries.
 * Economy: Currency exists in the Central Roman Empire and is minted with riches like silver and gold, although it is slightly crude by modern standards, it bears the Emperor still on every coin when it was minted, of course. Trading by Central Roman merchants, especially Constantinople itself now spreads across Europe and the Arabian peninsula after changing opinions over the decades of "barbaric nations" that were coined a century ago. After the Central Roman Empire had made a comeback into the spotlight, there was prestige been made, but that might not last that long if their conquests begin to sputter and slow down entirely.
 * Demographics: (Does not include Nabatea, Mussolinia and Orientia)
 * Population: 25,000,000 (approximate)
 * Constantinople: 700,000
 * Large cities: 2,400,000
 * Small settlements: 5,700,000
 * Rural areas: 16,200,000
 * 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:
 * Atlas: We would like to send a peace treaty should you accept. You will withdraw your claims over Sicily and Sardinia, but you will keep Malta in exchange that we will withdraw from Western Roman Empire's control of Dalmatia, creating a vassal kingdom called the Roman Kingdom of Dalmatia. Occupation of Egypt will be divided up into those who occupied it before this peace was signed. If you refuse, there will be a price to pay.
 * Frankish Empire: The Central Roman Empire laments the title of "Emperor of the West" as appropriation.
 * Events:
 * War against Atlas: Much of the focus outside of fortifying is on taking Sicily and Sardinia. The Mediterranean navy of Atlas is proven to be hard to break, so the use of Greek fire is still widely used in some specialised galleys and quinqueremes (well better designed ones than the Hellenistic-era ones). In Egypt, a reinforcement of 40,000 troops is sent to help out the Central Roman army in stalling the front (perhaps make a pushback) and to quell any possible rebellion after the religious ban on Neo-Hellenism was lifted.
 * Preparation: Preparation from a future eastern attack has been a less prioritised focus after the death of Justinian III. Under Emperor Basil however, he recognised that rumours of a foreign Afghan threat (with the Afghan culture being largely disputed at that time) is going to eventually come by the door of the Central ROman Empire, so defences were being spent across Orientia and Nabatea, along with the boundaries of the Jaghatai Khaganate as peace comes slowly to an end there.
 * Death of Justinian III and the End of the Cilician Dynasty: Justinian III died in her own bed on 8th August 804. One of the pretenders, a Cilician member, one of the last members capable of succeeding in the throne, Basil succeeded. He sought to centralise the empire once again, once the Century of Peace with the Jaghatai Khanganate is up in 830. However, he didn't pass any of his centralisation laws in time and died on 817. Instead someone had usurped the throne, whose name was Romulus, coming from the theme of Macedonia, hence his name was known as Romulus the Macedonian rather than Romulus IV. He seeks to make peace with Atlas so that he could bide the Central Roman Empire into investing fortresses across the boundaries of the Jaghatai Khaganate.
 * Birth of Cyril and Methodius: On 815, Methodius (initially his name given was Michael) was born in the city of Thessalonica. Cyril will be born sometime in 826 in the same place. Both are brothers, yet their ancestry is largely disputed today, whether they were Illyrian, Thracian or Greek (which most Greeks today have taught that both were Greek).