Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire
Government type	Absolute monarchy
Ruling party	Komma Ethnikofronon (conservative)
Capital	Constantinople (ID 860)
Population	N/A
Primary culture	Greek
Accepted cultures
Religion	Orthodox
Literacy	N/A
National value	Order
Tech school	Traditional Academia
Status	Civilized

The Byzantine Empire is a country that can be formed by Greece. Istanbul, the initial capital of the Ottoman Empire, is needed to form the Byzantine Empire. This makes forming the Byzantine Empire virtually impossible until the Turks move their capital to Ankara with the event Flight from Istanbul. It is one of the hardest nations to make by decision.

The decision requires you to be a great power before becoming visible, and it is considered an easter egg.

How to form the Byzantine Empire

To form the Byzantine Empire with the decision King of Kings, Ruler of Rulers, Greece needs to own all Greek cores, and the Thrace, Konya, Bursa and Izmir regions. Once the Byzantine Empire is formed, Istanbul will be renamed Constantinople, and the country's political parties will be renamed.

The Thrace region holds the Capital of the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul. Therefore, to form Byzantium, one has to wait for the Ottoman Event Flight from Istanbul which moves the capital to Ankara. This will however happen as soon as The Ottoman Empire does not own the two regions just east of Istanbul. Technically one can also annex the entire Ottoman empire, but that is virtually impossible.

Afterwards one has to fabricate a casus belli to annex the states that Greece does not have cores on. Once that is done, great power status should be secured from all the prestige from conquest alone.

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