Challenge: More powerful Bulgaria

After I posted a similar topic in the post-1900 forum, the general consensus held that it would be much easier to create a powerful Bulgaria with a pre-1900 POD.

So, the challenge is: With a POD no earlier than 1860, create the largest non-ASB Bulgarian nation possible.

Bonus points for:
Good relations between Bulgaria, Rumania, and Greece
All Bulgarian peoples included in the nation
The nation is officially a Tsardom
 
The easiest way I think would be for Bulgaria to recieve all of the land proposed under the Treaty of San Stefano.

This would however complicate relations with Greece since Bulgaria would include most of what is now Greek Macedonia.

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After I posted a similar topic in the post-1900 forum, the general consensus held that it would be much easier to create a powerful Bulgaria with a pre-1900 POD.

So, the challenge is: With a POD no earlier than 1860, create the largest non-ASB Bulgarian nation possible.

Bonus points for:
Good relations between Bulgaria, Rumania, and Greece
All Bulgarian peoples included in the nation
The nation is officially a Tsardom


OK. How about Bulgaria is never re-absorbed into the Roman Empire (Rhoumania, known in the west as Rumania). Moslem hordes take most of Anatolia, leaving the Roman Empire as Greece, a bit of Thrace, Constantinople, and a bit of the coast. 'Greece' (i.e. Achaia) splits off from Rhoumania, forms its own Byzantine successor state.

Bulgaria assumes the mantle of 'Third Rome', and takes most of the balkans and expands north into the Ukraine.

End result. A Bulgaria ruling all the south slavs, half of the East Slavs, and with good relations with 'Greece' and 'Rumania'.


Not quite what you wanted, but technically meets the challenge...
 
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