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Roman Empire (Trebizond)

 * Government: Republican Monarchy
 * Emperor: Manuel III Megas Komnenos (1390 - Present)
 * Economy: Gold coins were issued under the new Roman names.
 * Capital: Trebizond
 * Demographics:  200,000. Many of the people in the territory had considered themselves "Romans" since the mid-14th century. The population has mainly made up of Pontic Greeks, but has shown a bit of diversity in having Turkish and Georgian peoples close behind.
 * Population: Total of 200,000.
 * Trebizond: 20,000
 * Religion: Orthodox Christianity is the official religion. Minor Islamic sects are tolerated.
 * Wars and Conflicts: None.
 * Military: The Trapezuntine "Roman" Army are made up of diverse groups equipped with standard chain-mail, leather, and scale armor. Before 1360, the Cavalry of Stratiatoi (Lancers) option is mandatory; after 1400 the lancers had been absorbed by the horse archers. Between 1360 and 1400 the Lancers may be taken, but are not mandatory. Some of the Light Horse fielded could be Anatolian Turkish allies. Laz and Tzan horse archers were mostly unarmoured, equipped with bow, sabre, and sometimes mace, but they had a fearsome reputation. Psiloi and Bow would be made up of both Laz and Tzan infantry archers and Trapezuntine archers.
 * ​​​​​Infantry: 10,000
 * Cavalry: 2,000
 * Archers: 3,000
 * Diplomacy: Georgia are our close historical allies, having helped us in achieving independence from the old Romans.
 * Events:
 * The Last Romans: Of the fall of the Byzantine Empire in the mid-1300s, the Empire of Trebizond increasingly saw itself as the last legitimate bastion in a long line of states directly descended from Rome. After ships carrying hundreds of people that managed to escape the plague began to arrive on the shores, they claimed that Constantinople had "burned under the sickly fires from God". Alexios III of Trebizond reversed the title "Emperor and Autocrat of the entire East, of the Iberians and Perateia" back to "Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans" in 1361 to declare the Byzantine Successor state as the newer Roman Empire. He began to try to gain allies or legitimacy over other territories via marriage of his daughters towards his muslim neighbors.