There are no reliable figures as to the numbers of the peasantry, yet it is widely assumed that the vast majority of Byzantine Greeks lived in rural and agrarian areas. In the "Taktika" of Emperor Leo VI the Wise (r. 886–912), the two professions defined as the backbone of the state are the peasantry ("geōrgikē", , "farmers") and the soldiers ("stratiōtikē", ). The reason for this was that besides producing most of the Empire's food the peasants also produced most of its taxes.