
Bureaucracy
Thémata
Formed in response to existential pressure, the Thémata divide the empire into provincial military-administrative districts. Each of these divisions is governed by a Strategós who unites civil and military authority, enabling rapid local defense while remaining formally subordinate to the imperial hierarchy.
- Price to implement
- Maintenance price
- Price to remove
Potential
- Has DLC:
Fate of the Phoenix - Is or was
Byzantiumor
Trebizond
Allow
At least one of
- None of
- Any current bureaucracyBureaucracy Type:
bureaucracy_type:magister_militum_bureaucracy
- Any current bureaucracyBureaucracy Type:
- Has the
Decayed Theme System Government Reform
Exact conditions
Constant effects
Manpower+7.5%
Levy Size+7.5%
Monthly Army Tradition+0.1
Negative effects
With Bureaucracy Maintenance: ×1 at 0% → ×0 at 100%
Formula: 1 − Bureaucracy Maintenance
Levy Recovery−20% → 0%
Nobles Power+50% → 0%
Requires 4
Government Reforms
Decayed Theme SystemAllow
DLCs
Fate of the PhoenixPotential
References 6
Prices
- Implement Bureaucracy PricePrice to implement
- Maintain Bureaucracy PriceMaintenance price
- Remove Bureaucracy PricePrice to remove
Modifier Types
Thémata Impactby nameModifier types
Mentioned in 1
Thémata ImpactDesc
maintenance_price_modifier = {
value = country_economical_base
multiply = 0.003
}





