Roman Empire(s7)

The Roman Empire (formally known as Basileía Rhōmaíōn), also called Byzantium or East Rome, is a season seven nation located in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Rome is one of the largest nations on the server, competing with Texas, Eskenderyya, Banglatibet, and many others. Founded on the 14th of December, Rome has experienced rapid growth and controls one of the largest and more geographically important cities, Constantinople, located on the Bosporus strait which controls the sea passage to both Crimea and Romania.

Currently, Rome is one of the more active participants in international relations, and has been involved in one major conflict in the past. It is a major participant in the International Cooperation League, and the Bosporus strait upon which its capital sits, has been the subject of controversy within the ICC.

Rome is also one of the largest nations following the faith of Islam, and its church, the Hagia Sophia, contains a large altar towards the religion. Its official stance towards foreign religions is to tolerate them, however, recently the Empire declared its intentions to Jihad against Germany, who recently outlawed Islam in their country, causing Rome to outlaw Raidernomics as a faith in the Empire.

History
Constantinople was founded on the Twelfth of December, 2020, when Sungross settled the area after leaving San Francisco. Sungross chose the area for its strategic importance and the opportunity to interact with many different players, and to be a hub of player activity. Rome's founding took place a day later, with the nation being controlled by Sungross as its Emperor. For many days afterwards, Sungross would attempt to recruit new members to the nation, to no avail. Constantinople underwent major renovations, including the creation of the Theodosian Walls and the building of the Bosporus Gate, a redstone contraption designed to close off the strait whenever at war with someone who wished to pass through it using a movecraft ship.

The Roman Empire was a famed enemy of RaiderKnight and the rogue state of the Raidernomics Raj. Tensions between the two never resulted in war but were certainly cold for many days. RaiderKnight attempted to provoke the Romans into closing the Bosporus strait multiple times by sailing a warship through the strait, but it never came to blows.

During this period, Rome fostered an alliance between itself and two other powers - the town of Sevastopol (or Crimea), and the nation of Egypt. Though Rome would eventually break this alliance with Egypt, it has maintained good ties with the Crimeans, one of the only other powers in the Black Sea and a strong ally of the Empire.

Rome has only been involved in one war, of which was against Egypt.

Roman-Egyptian War
During the fifth day of the season, two new players landed in the Levant, creating the nations of Palestine and Israel. Conflict immediately ensued, and despite Egypt's best efforts, they were unable to foster a significant and lasting peace between the players. Rome took great interest in the conflict, and after a long period of time invited both towns to the nation of Rome. Palestine and Israel accepted, which Egypt took as an insult to their claims and national sovereignty.

After a short period, Rome allied with Texas and teleported to the capital of the town of Israel, a controversial move considered to be "cheating" by the Egyptians. The Battle of Israel ensued, in which the Israeli player, oven3, was killed almost immediately. It was down to the Texan player, DeathCow, and Sungross only. The battle lasted for an hour, and resulted in a devastating defeat for Egypt, with Ruther, Neighbour, and Tooger all losing their items and eventually ragequitting the server. This immediately led to a concession of defeat for Egypt, and a victory for the Roman Empire.

The treaty sent to the Egyptians was as follows:

"Treaty of Israel - Egypt will drop their claims on the Levant and all lands north of it - Truce of one week - The Empire and Texas will retain all items taken in the war"

Egypt ragequitting led to the devestation of their nation, leaving Rome as the sole survivor in the power vacuum in the middle east.

Post-War
Rome would suffer a minor setback when the israeli player Oven3 left Israel to go pursue other interests in the East, leaving Rome with only two players in the nation, but still powerful enough to enforce its claims over much of the middle east.

Rome's founder Sungross found time to create the third episode of PTR MC News. Additionally, Rome became the first real publisher of books on the server, with the successful "Ancient Histories" series written by Sungross.

Constantinople
Constantinople was the first city founded in the Empire and is the capital. It is also the largest. It is home to sungross and the buildings of Hagia Sophia and the Theodosian Walls. Officially an international city, it has no state religion, but is majority Islamic.

Athens
Athens is the second biggest city in the Empire. It is currently managed by SamuelFreeman, who promises to be the Empire's biggest producer of ships. Athens is home to one of the best set of defensive walls in the Empire, rivalled only by Constantinople's Theodosian walls. The city's religion is Islam.

Konya
Konya is the most recent city to be founded in the Empire. Managed by Menamo, it is currently a small town in the center of Anatolia. It practices Islam.

Palestine
Palestine is home to JackJ and has only two buildings, both of which serve a military purpose. It is the least active and smallest city.

Roman Florida
Rome controls a small chunk of Florida in the eastern part of the peninsula. Currently its stated purpose is to keep an Imperial presence on the continent to watch out for potential aggressors on the Floridian peninsula.

City of Rome
The city of Rome is currently under the jurisdiction of the Emperor of the Romans, though it is not the capital. A small administrative building resides there which contains a wall of signs detailing a simplified version of the history of the country.

Diplomatic Relations
Rome currently participates in an alliance with the Crimean and Texan governments, and it is a member in the International Cooperation League.