Caisaria

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## About Caisaria

Caisaria or formally the *Caisarian Empire* is a nation situated in the Southern Balkans. It is considered to be the successor to the Roman Empire, after Caesarian loyalists had moved to the Southern Balkans to escape the desecrated western half of the Empire. Since then, it has been able to keep a consistent presence within the area.

Its capital is Nicopoli, but other large cities are Atine (Athens), Buzantion, Tesalonici, Dahiopoli, and Danovia

## Names of Caisaria

The modern name of *Caisaria* derives from the name of its founder -- Julius Caesar, but throughout history it has had multiple names depending on who you asked. There was

* Büzançiz (first coined by the Turks), which came from the name of the city which sat on the Bosphorus -- *Buzantion*. This became:
	+ بيزنجي / Bizanji (Arabic)
	+ بوزنج / Bozanj (Persian)
	+ बिज़न्छि / Bizanchi (Hindi)
	+ Bisanji (Indonesian)
* Augustia (first used by western parts of the Empire), which came from the word for imperial -- *avgust*. This became:
	+ les Augouches (French)
	+ the August (English)
	+ gli Augusti (Italian)
	+ Augustio (Spanish)
		- أوغسطي / Awghusti (used in North Africa)
* Varing (first used by Norse peoples), which came from the Varangian Guard. This became:
	+ Faring (Swedish)
	+ Varjan (Finnish)
	+ Waränge (German)
	+ Варяг (Russian)
* 大稽 /Great Kai (first used by the Southern China), which came from the name Caesar. This became:
	+ Daiji (Mandarin)
	+ Daaikai (Cantonese)
	+ Daikei (Japanese)
	+ 대해 / Daehae (Korean)

As of 2022, the Caisarian government considers the name *Caisars* or *August* to be the only ones acceptable on official documents

## Territories of Caisaria

Caisaria originates from the Roman Empire, and as such used to own much of the Mediterranean. At its greatest extent, Caisaria stretched from Venice to Carthage and to Jerusalem. However, as the colonial eras came to an end and as the empire began to decline, Caisaria lost many former colonies. Now, they are confined into the Balkans and Egypt.

For centuries, Libya (called *Livia*) was divided into three imperial provinces -- Tripolitania, Pintapoli and Beduina. Modern day Tunisia was also a former colony, called *Cartsaga.* With time however, Caisaria slowly lost their grasp on these colonies and eventually they gathered enough support to declare their own independent kingdoms.

## Foreign Relations

In modern years, Caisaria has been a relatively peaceful nation. Under the political doctrine of Pax Avgust, they have kept out of each conflict they could and have instead tried to mend relations with nations which they had previously been enemies with. The latest emperor, Tseozoru VI, began a campaign to expand their relations even past Europe and into Asia and America.

All of the foreign embassies are situated in the Distrihtu Pire (Piraeus in English). As of now, nations which have established embassies in D.P. are:

* *Paranesion* (Parranese Embassy) on Cosmu St. 13
* *Trition* (Tritestani Embassy) on Cosmu St. 14
* *Anatolicoriion* (East Korean Embassy) on Cosmu St. 15
* *Standu Traian* (Turkish Embassy) on Cosmu St. 3
* *Bairution* (Lebanese Embassy) on Cosmu St. 5