Within Byzantium, which risk increased when tributary payments reduced?

💡 Explanation

Reduced tributary transfers from client states reduces flexible diplomacy, risking frontier instability because defensive alliances weaken, decreasing buffer zones; therefore invasions occur, rather than internal bureaucratic issues or isolated economic effects triggered by trade shifts.

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