Emperor Yanis had had a busy couple of years. He had found himself arbitrating many disputes and promulgating laws on the fly to ensure the stability of the realm, and he had little time to concentrate his efforts on expanding the State. The new fall of Konstantinoupolis and the rise of the Azures had forced him to turn once more to these issues, now with the help of the Tsarina Tanya, whom he adopted as his mother, for the other one had died.

The first thing that called for his attention was the Azures. Members of the sect would have to be found and purged immediately. It would not do to have this filth infecting government.

The second item on the agenda was to extensively reform government and governance, in order to cushion the blow of the purge and hopefully vaccinate the State against future such incursions.

To do this, he would refill the ranks of the bureaucrats, Rome's lifeblood. He would also restore the Theme system, which had proved so successful in providing loyal men and stability in Rome's heyday.

He would also reform government to make it more efficient and, to a point, more democratic. Rome would now be a parliamentary monarchy built on the Westminster system, in which citizens could vote for a local constituency MP ; these constituencies would be subdivisions of the themes. For the moment, Parliament would serve only an advisory capacity : the Emperor still had the final say.

Next, he would attempt to calm the Turk's fears and hopefully nip Turkish nationalism in the bud by increasing the rights of Turks ; Turks meeting criteria of wealth and loyalty could qualify for citizenship even if they had only a poor handling of the Romaic tongue.

Spurred on by Tsarina Tanya, Yanis would appoint a new Ecumenical Patriarch and build a new Church for Orthodoxy, on the shores of the Bosporus, opposite the Hagia Sophia, now lost to the Turks once more. The new Church would be a beautiful celebration of the Byzantine style. A project of the magnitude intended by Yanis could only be the product of many years of work, and for now Yanis contented himself with gathering a team of artists to design it.

Finally, Yanis had the ambition of visiting the Heavens. Airplane technology was long lost to the people of Europe, but Yanis hoped to have a working model designed during his lifetime. But an airplane cannot work if there is nothing to power it ; and Yanis has allocated generous grants to engineers who can perfect an engine for the craft.

Spending 1 AP to purge cultists (-45 stability)

Spending 1 AP to rework Roman administration (more bureaucrats and new administration system)

Spending 1 AP to rework Roman governance.

Spending 1 AP to give Turks further rights.

Spending 1 AP to appoint a new Patriarch & start work on a new church. 4 to a religious roll

Spending 1 AP to work on an internal combustion engine. Using my 5 from prosperity

Sorry for the 6-AP-in-about-as-many-paragraphs thing, I've been saving my effortposts for mod stuff

Also forgive the title, I was going to found a holy order but I'm moving that to next week maybe