Theodoro-Samos

Theodoro-Samos, officially the Roman Republic of the East (1827-1839) or the Roman Empire of the East (1839-1908), was a state in the Eastern Mediterranean with territories on the Crimean Peninsula, in the Aegean, and on the north-west coast of Africa. Formed in 1827 after the dissolution of the Greco-Theodoran Republic, it was initially composed of two federated states, the Theodoran Republic (in southern Crimea) and the Stratopolity of Samos (comprising Samos and other adjacent islands). In 1839, the state switched from a republican system of governance to become an elective constitutional monarchy under a system known as the Peristrophy. In 1884, due to the Berlin Conference, Theodoro-Samos was granted the area of Cabo Blanco in north-west Africa as a colony.