I think the characterization has been very compelling and my favourite part of it, all the people feel so real and believable. No criticisms to make so far, I'm just glad to be taken on this journey.
Pakistan: As the most dominant Muslim state in the Indian subcontinent, it is the spiritual successor to the Mughal Empire. The Mughals were founded by a member of the Timurid dynasty, descended from Tamerlane who conquered the territory of the former Ilkhanate, which itself conquered the Seljuq...
Iran: The first Safavid shah Ismail I was the great grandson of Emperor John IV of Trebizond and through the Trapezuntine emperors is a descendant of Byzantine Emperor Andronikos I.
Territory: OTL Greek and Turkish Thrace, North Aegean and Dodecanese islands, western Anatolia, northern coast of Anatolia, southern Crimea
Capital: Constantinople
Government type: Constitutional elective monarchy
Religion: Roman Orthodox Christianity as a state religion
Demographics...