...Good that the phrasing in the inaugural Romulan episode didn't paint them completely in the corner, then.
Having the RNZ form a shell around the inner parts of the Romulan home system works well on many levels. It allows for the long-tailed comet, for example. But the map with Romulus and Romii (or Rom II or whatever) doesn't look much like the map of a single star system, regardless of what the viewing angle might be. There was probably quite a bit of confusion at the time of the writing, then, about what was actually being depicted. And again, we should be thankful for that...
Timo Saloniemi