Roman Republics (SWM)

The Roman Republics is a country in Europe and Northern Africa comprising of two autonomous republics (Western Roman Republic and the Eastern Roman Republic) and one imperial zone (Italia). It is the centerpiece of what is known as the Roman Empire, which is simply a collection of independent nations which were once a part of the Republics and its predecessors. The Republics was founded in 1460 after Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI pushed the Ottomans out of Anatolia, with the Declaration at Byzantium. Constantine wanted to see the entire former Roman Empire, as it was under the Principate, to be reunited. He died in 1464 in Macedonia while attempting to rid the region of the Ottomans. His son, Justinian III, managed to do what his father envisioned, and by 1513, the Roman Empire as it looked during the Principate was again one.

The Republics remained the undisputed world power for centuries, and went on the colonize almost the entire known world as it is today. However, as its colonies and dominions fought for independence, the Republics were severely weakened. Its final major colonial war, the War of 1905, shrunk the Republics to its current size: most of Europe and areas of Northern Africa. The Treaty of Londinium made this official, and essentially barred the Republics from expanding their borders. The Republics remains, however, the strongest military power in the region, and the third-most powerful after its former colony, the United States of America, and one of its historic arch rivals, the People's Republic of China.

Each Republic has its own capital and has its own government. Each government consists of the executive Consul and the legislative Popular Assembly. Judicial powers are vested in several executive or legislative appointed officials, such as magistrates, praetors or tribunes. The Emperor of the Roman Republics (currently Justinian X) is the ceremonial head of state of the Republics, however has direct executive authority in the Imperial Zone of Italia. The Senate and the People of Rome, commonly only referred to as the Senate, is the national legislative body, however, concerns itself mostly with Italia and advising the Emperor.