Greece
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| Anthem | Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν (Hymn to Liberty) |
| Motto | "Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος" ("Freedom or Death") |
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| Language | Greek, English |
| Population | 7119 |
| Capital | Alexandroupoli |
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| Current President | Che Greco |
| Political Party | Ethniko Enotiko Kinima |
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| Currency | Greek drachma (GRD) |
| GDP (last 7 days) |  4153.97 Gold
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| Inflation | 45.75% |
| Minimum salary | 1.00 Greece
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| Average salary | 13.28 Greece
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| Unemployment rate | 58.12% |
| Monthly exports | 381.51 Gold
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| Monthly imports | 86.83 Gold
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| Territories | 9 |
| Average Strength | 4.38 |
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| Chat | [#eGreece on Rizon chat] |
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| Last Update | August 20, 2009 |
Greece (Greek: Ελλάδα, Elláda), officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Ellīnikī́ Dīmokratía) is a country in southeastern Europe, located in the southernmost portion of the Balkan Peninsula. It borders Bulgaria to the north and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east and is the natural border with Turkey and the Ionian Sea is to the west.
Greece was entirely conquered by Turkey in the Second Balkan War, but a group of Greek resistance soldiers backed by Swiss and ATLANTIS troops pushed Turkish occupation out of Thrace in the Greek Independence War.
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History
Early Greek history is largely unknown. It is known that a woman named Eunike was the first President of Greece in December 2007, but little else is known about Greece until the Capelli Era of April–May 2008.
Capelli Era
On April 2, 2008, Capelli King was first elected as President. He served as President for two terms. In late May 2008, three major political parties, the Spartans, The Family, and the Greek Nationalist Party merged to form the United Greece Party. This new coalition party chose Capelli King to serve as its leader.
Then, in mid-June, a new ethnic group appeared in Greece. Known as the Goons, they were marginalized by the United Greece political hegemony, which used its state-run businesses to hike food prices to stave the goons. When Rathen Holton announced the formation of the Goon-led Greek Republic Resistance, notable United Greek politicians laughed at him.
Their laughs were silenced on June 20, when the Resistance won local elections across all of Greece. Knowing that his grip on power was coming to an end, Capelli ordered the Hellenic Treasury to print 4.3 billion drachmas, which were then distributed worldwide, effectively destroying the Greek economy. In spite of this, the Resistance went on to contest the United Greece-held Presidency and Congress and won both, solidifying Resistance control of the country with the Presidency and thirty-two of forty seats in Congress.
Balkan War and Turkish Occupation
While the Resistance was eating away at its oppressive government at home, some of its members also lashed out at Greece's neighbor, Turkey. Greek newspapers questioned the sexuality of Mustafa Kemal, the founder of modern Turkey. Tensions increased throughout the month of June, and on June 20, Turkey declared war on Greece. This sparked the Balkan War that pitched Greek, Romanian, and Bulgarian troops against the Turks and saw the occupation of almost all Greek territories by the Turks. As Turkish forces pressed in on all sides, Vice President John Daker struck a deal with the alliance FIST that would enable Greece to call upon the powerful Pakistan for support, an act that likely saved Greece from total annexation. When Daker was elected President days later, he met with Turkish President Phaedrus Lidox, a former Greek who was elected on a campaign promise of peace, and signed the Treaty of Athens, ending the Balkan War.
Conquest and Independence
After the Treaty of Athens was signed, Greece and Turkey remained tentative allies under the Resistance government in Greece and Turkish Liberation Front government in Turkey until the Second Balkan War in December, in which Greece was vanquished. Efthimios Pappas, the last President of Greece, maintained a government-in-exile in Lamia, as other Greeks scattered throughout the world to escape the Turks.
The Great Greek Exile
After Turkey conquered Greece, which had no official president with a Taken-Over Congress, its citizens travelled throughout the New World to find a place to live in peace and to recover and organize the resistance.
Several Resistance Wars occured in Turkey, trying to free Attica or Central Greece, all covered with blood. The defeated Greeks did not stop.
On February 19, the resistance fighters led by Efthimios Pappas and a group of some Greeks, supported by Switzerland and the brave fighters of ATLANTIS wrested control of the Greek city of Alexandroupoli away from Turkish soldiers, and again the Greek flag flew over the Thracian Land. In June, Macedonia, Attica, and Central Greece were liberated.
Greece is free
Finally, the original Greek regions were completely freed on August 15th, 2009 after the 3rd greek independence war.
Government and Politics
For much of its existence, Greece has been ruled by a massive bloc party which is opposed by several smaller minority parties.
In the Capelli Era, this was the United Greece Party which was formed when the Spartans, the Family, and the Greek Nationalist Party merged. After Capelli was removed from power in July, the goon-led Greek Republic Resistance (later the Greece Prosperity Movement) controlled government. In a controversial move on July 10, Resistance party members used the democratic nature of party politics to wrest control of the United Greece Party away from Capelli King and his cronies in an act known as the July Coups d’État.
After Resistance control of Greece ended in December, the nation has been ruled by what is now the Ethniko Enitiko Kinima party, officially founded by Efthimios Pappas after the liberation of Alexandroupoli but consisting of members of his government-in-exile which continued to rule Greece from Turkish-occupied Lamia.
As a small nation, the structure of Greek government is small and lightly organized. President John Daker was the first President known to have a Cabinet, which has continued to be a part of Greek government in his passing.
Current Greek Government
- President: Jaguaros
- Vice President: Che Greco
- Minister of Defense: Che Greco
- Secretary of Defense: Geokos
- Minister of Economy: Haralambos
- Secretary of Economy (Taxes and Economic Policy): Roumeliotis
- Secretary of Economy (Investments/Companies): Jaguaros
- Minister of New Players and Employment: Jimarr
- Secretary of New Players and Employment: ESETAI HMAR
- Minister of Foreign Affairs: Taxoparei
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Embassies: harisstavr
- Minister of Health: PAULOS MELAS
- Secretary of Health : Elfkok93
- Minister of Press: Ioannis Metaxas
- Minister of Justice : Myronas
Geography
The lands of Greece are made up of ten regions, known as peripheries. The capital of Greece is Alexandroupoli due to Turkish control of Athens during the war for Greek independence. The capital has not been changed even after all regions of Greece have been liberated.
Currently, Greece controls all ten of its peripheries
| Region | Capital | Province | Population1 | Productivity | Hospital | Defence System |
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| Attica | Athens | Greece | 1106 | Grain (Medium), Iron (Medium) | 
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| Central Greece | Lamia3 | Greece | 2425 | Iron (High), Grain (Medium), Wood (Medium) |
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| Macedonia | Thessaloniki | Greece | 1262 | Grain (Medium), Iron (Medium) |
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| Thrace | Alexandroupoli2 | Greece | 1223 | Grain (Medium) |
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| Crete | Heraklion | Greece | 463 | Grain (Medium) | 
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| Epirus | Ioannina | Greece | 123 | None |
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| Ionian Islands | Corfu | Greece | 102 | None |
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| Peloponnese | Tripoli | Greece | 357 | Grain (Medium) |
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| Thessaly | Larissa | Greece | 137 | none |
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| Aegean Islands | Chios | Greece | 34 | None |
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- 1. As of May 3, 2009.
- 2. Current capital of Greece.
- 3. Historical capital. Also known as New Athens.
Economy
The Greek economy is still weakened by the wake of the June printing of 4.3 billion drachmas by Capelli King in the waning hours of his presidency. For months following, minimum wages in the hundreds of drachma were not uncommon and Greek citizens would burn low denomination bills to heat their homes.
As of May 3, 2009, the minimum wage in Greece is 3.90 GRD. The average salary nationwide is 20.24 GRD. Greece has an ongoing trade embargo against Turkey.
Taxes
| Product | Income | Import | VAT |
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 Food
| 10% | 60% | 8% |
 Gift
| 10% | 30% | 10% |
 Weapon
| 10% | 20% | 10% |
 Moving Tickets
| 10% | 25% | 5% |
 Grain
| 8% | 1% | 0% |
 Diamonds
| 1% | 1% | 0% |
 Iron
| 10% | 99% | 0% |
 Oil
| 1% | 1% | 0% |
 Wood
| 0% | 0% | 0% |
 House
| 10% | 8% | 8% |
 Hospital
| 5% | 1% | 10% |
 Defense System
| 1% | 30% | 1% |
Military
Organization
Currently, the armed forces of Greece consist of organized and organized militias as well as the Evzones of the Hellenic Army.
The Evzones are an elite division, consisting only of Greek citizens with a strength level of 7 or higher. They are under direct order of the Greek Ministry of Defense.
Allies
In late 2008, Greece was brought into the Formidable International Security Treaty through the actions of John Daker and AgentChieftain. When FIST dissolved with the creation of the PEACE Global Community, Greece became a founding member and signatory of PEACE until its occupation by Turkey. Following Greek independence in early 2009, Greece was a passive member of ATLANTIS until that alliance's dissolution.
Greece has mutual protection pacts with the following nations:
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 Romania
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 USA
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 Croatia
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 Spain
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 Poland
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 Sweden
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 Switzerland
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 Finland
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 Ireland
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Wars
From July 20 to August 2, Greece was at war with the Republic of Turkey in what has come to be known as the First Balkan War. Begun when Turkey declared war on Greece because of Greek citizens' treatment of Turkey in the media, the war enabled Turkey to invade almost all of Greece except Central Greece, which, with Romanian and Pakistani reinforcement, held strong under heavy Turkish assault. The war ended August 2 when displaced Greek Phaedrus Lidox was elected to the presidency in Turkey and signed articles of peace.
On August 29, Romania declared war on Hungary, a new ally of Greece as a member of the Global Community. As a member of the Global Community, Greece officially declared war on Romania but did not commit troops to the region due to its small military.
On December 5, Turkey again declared war on Greece. The overwhelming Turkish assault could not be stopped despite Greece's alliance with Pakistan, and Greek sovereignty was dissolved. A number of Greeks maintained an active government-in-exile, and on February 18, a resistance war started in Turkey, trying to liberate the region Aegean Islands. It failed. The next day, a resistance war began in Thrace. The Greeks, helped by Americans and Swiss soldiers, were victorious, and Greece regained its independence.
On August 8, Turkey declared once again war on Greece. This gave the opportunity to Greek and Allied forces to entirely free the occupied Greek regions.
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