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The Bulgarian Empire is a formable of 
Bulgaria located in Eastern and Southern Europe 
encompassing most of nations located in the Eastern half of the Balkan Peninsula, aswell as nations like 
Montenegro and 
Hungary. Once formed, it becomes one of the strongest countries in Eastern Europe, surpassing starting nations like 
Ukraine in terms of base statistics, and also standing up to countries like 
Turkey and 
Italy.
Its moderately difficult, due to Bulgaria having to fend off frequently player controlled countries like the aforementioned Turkey and Ukraine.
Background[]
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The First Bulgarian Empire (Church Slavonic: блъгарьско цѣсарьствиѥ, romanized: blagarysko tsesarystviye; Bulgarian: Първо българско царство) was a medieval state that existed in Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD. It was founded in 680–681 after part of the Bulgars, led by Asparuh, moved south to the northeastern Balkans. There they secured Byzantine recognition of their right to settle south of the Danube by defeating – possibly with the help of local South Slavic tribes – the Byzantine army led by Constantine IV. During the 9th and 10th century, Bulgaria at the height of its power spread from the Danube Bend to the Black Sea and from the Dnieper River to the Adriatic Sea and became an important power in the region competing with the Byzantine Empire.[11] It became the foremost cultural and spiritual centre of south Slavic Europe throughout most of the Middle Ages. As the state solidified its position in the Balkans, it entered into a centuries-long interaction, sometimes friendly and sometimes hostile, with the Byzantine Empire. Bulgaria emerged as Byzantium's chief antagonist to its north, resulting in several wars. The two powers also enjoyed periods of peace and alliance, most notably during the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, where the Bulgarian army broke the siege and destroyed the Arab army, thus preventing an Arab invasion of Southeastern Europe. Byzantium had a strong cultural influence on Bulgaria, which also led to the eventual adoption of Christianity in 864. After the disintegration of the Avar Khaganate, the country expanded its territory northwest to the Pannonian Plain. Later the Bulgarians confronted the advance of the Pechenegs and Cumans, and achieved a decisive victory over the Magyars, forcing them to establish themselves permanently in Pannonia. The ruling Bulgars and other non-Slavic tribes in the empire gradually mixed and adopted the prevailing Slavic language, thus gradually forming the Bulgarian nation from the 7th to the 10th century. Since the 10th century, the demonym Bulgarian gained prevalence and became permanent designations for the local population, both in literature and in common parlance. The development of Old Church Slavonic literacy had the effect of preventing the assimilation of the South Slavs into neighbouring cultures, while stimulating the formation of a distinct Bulgarian identity. After the adoption of Christianity, Bulgaria became the cultural center of Slavic Europe. Its leading cultural position was further consolidated with the adoption of the Glagolitic alphabet, the invention of the Early Cyrillic alphabet shortly after in the capital Preslav, and the literature produced in Old Church Slavonic soon began spreading north. Old Church Slavonic became the lingua franca of much of Eastern Europe. In 927, the fully independent Bulgarian Patriarchate was officially recognized. During the late 9th and early 10th centuries, Simeon I achieved a string of victories over the Byzantines. Thereafter, he was recognized with the title of Emperor, and proceeded to expand the state to its greatest extent. After the annihilation of the Byzantine army in the Battle of Anchialus in 917, the Bulgarians laid siege to Constantinople in 923 and 924. The Byzantines eventually recovered, and in 1014, under Basil II "the Bulgar Slayer", a crushing defeat was inflicted on the Bulgarians at the Battle of Kleidion. By 1018, the last Bulgarian strongholds had surrendered to the Byzantine Empire, and the First Bulgarian Empire had ceased to exist. It was succeeded by the Second Bulgarian Empire in 1185. |
Base Statistics[]
The Bulgarian Empire hosts a massive $2,038,194 gross income and 493,394 max manpower.
Resources[]
The Bulgarian Empire is quite rich in resources, with plenty of resources for the player to use to strengthen their country. Its speciality however is its 
Copper supply.
 Aluminum
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+2.4 |
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 Copper
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+10.8 |
 Gold
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+1.2 |
 Iron
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+1.2 |
 Oil
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+18 |
 Titanium
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+1.2 |
Geography[]
Terrain[]
The Bulgarian Empire is mainly Semi-Mountainous and Hilly, with some Mountainous terrain in the region of 
Transylvania.
Biome[]
It has no permanent biome. In the late and early winter months, the Northern regions are covered in Mild Winter. Almost the entire formable (except for 
Greece) is covered in Mild Winter during the deep winter months, while Severe Winter replaces the regions that were previously experiencing Mild Winter.
Threats[]
Turkey invading Bulgaria itself, aswell as many of the nations that the formable encompasses to form the Ottoman Empire.- Italy or Ukraine expanding into the Balkans.
- While somewhat rare, nations like Romania or Greece may be players, making it harder to form.
- Romania trying to form Kingdom of Romania.
Trivia[]
- The First Bulgarian Empire, the one this formable is based off of, (not to be confused with the Second Bulgarian Empire) also occupied lands in Bessarabia (modern day Moldova and Budjak and Albania, despite the ingame formable not actually having any tiles from these nations.
