Byzantium (Seven Roman States)

Byzantium, officially the Kingdom of Byzantium, is a microstate located in South Eastern Europe on the Bosphorus Strait. It encompasses the natural harbour known as the Golden Horn, in the East of the country. It is surrounded by Bulgaria on one side and by Turkestan on the other, across the Bosphorus. Its area is 5.2 km2 (Roughly 2 sq mi) with an estimated population of almost 24,000.