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Count of the East
File:Seal of the Count of the East.svg Seal of the Count of the East
File:Euphemius Palunius.jpg Incumbent Euphemius Palunius since 19 June 2019
Style	Count (informal) The Glorious (formal) His Excellency (international)
Member of	Executive Council College of Vicars Local Council National Defense Council Committee of Affairs for Caesarian Provinces
Residence	Lauseion
Appointer	The Monarch
Term length	At the Emperor's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Boniface Anicius (restoration)
Formation	2 June 1833 (restoration)

The Count of the East (Latin: Comes Orientis) is the appointed governor of the Diocese of the East, also known as Perateia. The Count is the chief imperial representative and head of the sub-national government in Perateia. As an appointed office, the Count of the East is not responsible to the elected Perateian Assembly, but instead the Emperor and central imperial government.

The office of Count was originally established in the eastern Periclean region in the 3rd century CE, maintaining the role of governor over the modern day territories of X, Y, and Vardana. Following the loss, and later abandonment, of the eastern provinces in the 6th century, the last late classical count, [name], established himself as King over parts of the former Latin holdings centered on Leonopolis, where successive kings continued to claim the title of Count of the East. Use of the office remained dormant in Latium until 1833, and the Lihnidosi Rebellion, which resulted in Latin control over parts of Vardana, namely Leonopolis and the surrounding countryside. Since the office was reactivated in 1833, 40 individuals have served, including with 5 future emperors.

Today, the Count of the East is the chief magistrate of the Diocese of the East and serves as the primus inter pares of the Perateian Executive Council. The count is ex offico the Vicar of Perateia, and a member of the Perateian Assembly.

List of counts of the east

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)	Monarch
	The Glorious Boniface Anicius (1797–1859)	2 June 1833	1 January 1841	7 years, 213 days	Andreas III (1842–1846)
	His Imperial Highness Theophylactus, Prince of Youth (1819–1891)	1 January 1841	15 November 1846	5 years, 318 days
	The Glorious Constantine Orontes (1948–2019)	23 September 1997	7 May 2001	3 years, 226 days	Jason VI Augustus (1997–2016)
	The Glorious Florentine Verrucosus (born 1960)	7 May 2001	9 May 2005	4 years, 2 days
	The Glorious David Aytruni (born 1957)	9 May 2005	8 October 2011	6 years, 152 days
	The Glorious Frederick, Duke of Rahdenburg (born 1961)	8 October 2011	9 May 2015	3 years, 213 days

See also

• Monarchy of Vardana