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

 * Government: Semi-decentralised Imperial Monarchy
 * Emperors:
 * Alexios (r. 858-) (b. 832)
 * Military: 340,000 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. It is again substantially increased once again (with more being enlisted to the fight) at a time where tensions are probably at their highest, even though there has been peace between the Hassanids and the Central Roman Empire when the Hassanids have been literally invading India as their distraction.
 * 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, Naples and Orientia)
 * Population: 26,160,000 (approximate)
 * Constantinople: 650,000
 * Large cities: 2,550,000
 * Small settlements: 5,960,000
 * Rural areas: 17,000,000
 * Religion: 77% Christian, 1% Zoroastrian, 10% Neo-Hellenism, 0.5% Judaism, 11.5% Other
 * Culture: 29.5% Greek, 5% Armenian, 7% Illyrian, 10% Thracian, 5% Assyrian, 0.5% Jewish/Israelite, 20% Egyptian, 6% Escosian, 17% Other
 * Diplomacy:
 * Avars: Subjecting us to payment is not a deal on our list. You are already fighting with a large formidable enemy. So it is time for your own people to move out.
 * Tartary: The Avars will not last that long when they occupy so many villages of other people that they are not of their own culture or grouping. Do not accept the demand for tributary payment, we will give you thousands of troops to fight back, in the vain of reclaiming the glory of Tartary. Three centuries since you betrayed the Roman Empire, that should be put aside. If you refuse to accept, then we will accept that, but be warned that you will be vulnerable to a collapse when the Avars finally fall. (I know that the Hassanids are still a major threat, but the Avars are still a nuisance, even if i have to redirect thousands more to the fight, it won't be that nice and even if they rejected it, who cares? Byzantium is already in stagnancy after Justinian had died and the war with Atlas finally came to an end)
 * Assyria: The Central Roman Empire keeps providing assistance to build fortresses and troops to be stationed around Assyria in the worse-case scenario.
 * Hassanids: We still want to seek peace. We do not wish war to happen on both sides and we'd rather have you conquer the bounties of the east instead, as there are so many riches that you could. If you wage war on us, the Assyrians and Grane, there will be a great price to pay and a non-aggression pact would do better.
 * 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.
 * Avars: The Avars are almost pushed out of the boundaries. Forces in Escosia and in the Central Roman Empire are to still remain put in their campaign to push out the Avars from the Balkans and the Pannonian basin. Once they are entirely pushed out of the Central Roman Empire, less priority is made to the defence against Avars as Escosia could make it out on their own, with few of the Central Roman troops staying put until they finally could get out of their way. Even though the idea of converting the Avars have went well with missionaries returning, especially Saints Methodius and Cyril (though that was Constantine according to mod events with Methodius' brother being less relevant than in OTL), this is not enough and that their demand of paying tribute is not a deal to the Emperor's likings. It is still hoped that if Avars convert to Christianity, then their nomadic onslaught would finally be brought down to an end. If it is possible to negotiate with Tartary to allow some of their land being returned after centuries of not being friendly to the Romans, the former Roman hegemony over Tartary could be restored in exchange for helping them out in a war against the Avars, but that could be unlikely.
 * Reaching the Inevitable: The late 9th century began to see the Central Roman Empire coming to a somewhat stagnant age. After the late 8th century and early 9th century saw Justinian the Great creating a renewed hegemony over in what was like to be the Roman Empire only and not being called the Central Roman Empire, stagnancy is now becoming inevitable. With no expansion being done for the last 50 years, the fear of Hassanids and Avars taking over the Central Roman Empire is coming back, the bravery itself could not be restored the same way it was. Morale is still high, but it is not as it is now and it is putting into a drain when it comes to a future invasion by the Arzhamites. They look to the north instead, hoping to find a solution there, a new way to "expand" via vassalage.