Nikolaos The Great
27-08-2004, 21:21
The World Fact Book Entry of the Hellenistic Empire of Nikolaos the Great
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Map of Greece (http://www.bddnetwork.com/nationstates/images/maps/hellenisticempire.jpg)
General Info
Location: Greece
Territories:
-Albania
-Skopje
-Asia Minor
-Bulgaria
-New Hellas
-A Part of CAD Continent
-Most of Antarctica
Income tax rates: 100%
Population: 3,854 billion (November 13, 2005)
Major Industry:
-Uranium mining
-Arms Manufacturing
-Information Technology Industry
-Gambling Industry
-Minning Industry
-Fishing and Agriculture Industry
National Currency: Drachma
National Motto: “Eleutheria e Thanatos (Freedom or Death)”
National Anthem:
(The anthem's music: http://www.bddnetwork.com/nationstates/gr.mid)
(Greek Version)
Segnoriso apo tin Kopsi tou spathiou tin tromeri;
Segnoriso apo tin opsi pou me via metra tin yi.
Ap ta Kokkala vyalmeni ton ellinon ta iera
Ke san prot' anthriomeni haire o hair'eleftheria.
Ke san prot' anthriomeni haire o hair'eleftheria,
Ke san prot' anthriomeni haire o hair'eleftheria.
http://www.bddnetwork.com/nationstates/images/anthem.gif
English Translation
I shall always recognize you
By the dreadful sword you hold,
As the earth, with searching vision,
You survey, with spirit bold.
'Twas the Greeks of old whose dying
Brought to birth our spirit free.
Now, with ancient valor rising,
Let us hail you, oh Liberty!
National Animal: Dolphin
Racial Make-up: 100% Greek
Religious Make-up: 100% Greek Orthodox
Languages Spoken: Greek (official language) and everybody must learn English as a secondary language.
Climate: temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
Unemployment Rate: 2.73%
Crime rate: Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare.
Diplomatic List
Allies:
Generic Empire
Doomingsland
Decisive Action
Roach-Busters
Borman Empire
The Island of Rose
Inkana
Euroslavia
Ennemies:
None
Neutral:
NATO
Alliances:
The Balkan League
The Pact of Steel Alliance
CAD
Nations with embassies in Greece:
Lusitanean Heroes
Salissia
Fascist Scotland
Doomingsland
Wirraway
Praetonia
Decisive Action (3)
Inkane
Yr Widdfa
Roach-Busters
Inkana
Ageaol
Tenarius
Borman empire
Generic Empire
The Island of Rose
Euroslavia
Embassies we have in:
Lusitanean Heroes
Salissia
Fascist Scotland
Doomingsland
Wirraway
Praetonia
Decisive Action (3)
Inkane
Yr Widdfa
Roach-Busters
Inkana
Ageaol
Tenarius
Borman empire
The Island of Rose
Generic Empire
Euroslavia
Military bases we have in:
Borman Empire (3)
Roach-Busters (1)
Nations with military bases in Greece:
Borman Empire (1)
Roach-Busters (1)
Economy
Government Budget Details
Administration: $1,350,549,475,494.91 1%
Social Welfare: $6,752,747,377,474.56 5%
Healthcare: $8,103,296,852,969.47 6%
Education: $27,010,989,509,898.25 20%
Religion & Spirituality: $8,103,296,852,969.47 6%
Defence: $41,867,033,740,342.29 31%
Law & Order: $28,361,538,985,393.16 21%
Commerce: $9,453,846,328,464.39 7%
Public Transport: $1,350,549,475,494.91 1%
The Environment: $2,701,098,950,989.83 2%
Social Equality: $0.00 0%
Economic Statistics:
Exchange Rate: 1 Drachma = $1.7483
Gross Domestic Product: $135,976,482,669,168.05
GDP Per Capita: $35,281.91
Unemployment Rate: 2.73%
Government Budget: $140,682,237,030,720.06
Government Expenditures: $135,054,947,549,491.23
Goverment Waste: $5,627,289,481,228.81
Exports: $16,552,894,789,756.82
Imports: $15,631,359,670,080.00
Trade Surplus: $921,535,119,676.81
Military
•Active Manpower: Total 4,000,000
The Phalanx Divisions: 2,500,000
National Guard: 1,500,000
•Tanks: Total 212,054
100,000 Kahta M1A3 Abrams
4,500 M1A2 Abrams
3,220 Metaxas Tanks
4,234 Challengers 2 MBT
100 M1A4 "King Abrams"
50,000 HC-MBT
50,000 UT-HS
•AEGEAN and IONIAN Airforce: Total 9,800
2,000 F-22 Raptor
4,000 Eurofighter Typhoons
1,000 B-52H Stratofortress
1,000 B-2 Spirit
500 F/A25s
900 Multipurposed Blackhawks
200 RAH-66 COMANCHE
200 AH-64A/D APACHE Attack Helicopter
•AEGEAN and IONIAN Navy Force: Total 1,140
1st Fleet:
-6 Curtis Fabus Class Battleships
-9 H.N. Greco Class Carrier
-30 Arleigh Burke AEGIS Destroyer.
-30 Ticonderoga Class Cruisers.
-15 General Purpose Gunboats.
-9 Virginia Class Future Attack Submarine.
-9 Trident II Class Ballistic Missile Submarines.
-6 Command Ship
The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Naval Fleets are the same as the 1st Naval Fleet.
•Artillery: Total 80,000
80,000 HA-V1
•Transportation: Total 60,000
20,000 Land Transport Vehicles
20,000 Sea Transport Boats
20,000 Air Transport Planes or Helicopters
•Defence Systems
Aristotle Class Centralised ABM/ICBM System
•Weapons of Mass Destruction
Nuclear Weapons:
13,000 Atomic Bomb
Chemical/Bioligical Weapons:
90,000 kg IG Virus
100,000 kg Chorela
150,000 kg Sarin
150,000 kg Anthrax
200,000 kg Zed Gas
200,000 kg Mustard gas
900,000 kg VX Nerve gas
Thermonuclear Weapons:
40,000 Hellas IV Thermonuclear bomb
90,000 Hellas V Thermonuclear bomb
Technology Invented
-IG Virus cure
Specs are classified
-Underground Facilities
Specs are classified but they are able to support life. Use by the army.
-Most advance WMDs/Anti-WMDs in NS. At: http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=360227
Politics/Government
Capital: Athens
Political Parties:
Panhellenic Socialist Movement or PASOK
[b]New Democracy or ND
[b]Communist Party of Greece or KKE
[b]Coalition of the Left and Progress
[b]Imperial Hellenic Socialist Party or IHSP
[b]The Assembly: 200 Assembly members
The Government:
Emperor: Nikolaos Onassis
Supreme General: Atticus Onassis (http://www.bddnetwork.com/nationstates/images/atticus.jpg)
Prime Minister: Simitis, Konstandinos
Min. of the Aegean: Sifounakis, Nikolaos
Min. of Agriculture: Dris, Yeoryios
Min. of Culture: Venizelos, Evangelos
Min. of Development: Tsokhatzopoulos, Apostolos-Athanasios
Min. of Environment, Town Planning, & Public Works: Papandreou, Vaso
Min. of Foreign Affairs: Papandreou, Yeoryios
Min. of Foreign Affairs (Alternate): Yiannitsis, Tasos
Min. of Health & Welfare: Stefanis, Konstandinos
Min. of Interior, Public Administration, & Decentralization: Skandalidis, Konstandinos
Min. of Justice: Petsalnikos, Filippos
Min. of Labor & Social Insurance: Reppas, Dimitris
Min. of Macedonia & Thrace: Kastanidis, Kharis
Min. of Albania & FYROM: General Alexander II
Min. of Asia Minor (Turkey): General Olympia
Min. of Merchant Marine: Paskhalidis, Yeoryios
Min. of National Defense: Papandoniou, Yiannos
Min. of National Economy & Finance: Khristodoulakis, Nikos
Min. of National Education & Religions: Efthymiou, Petros
Min. of Press & Mass Media: Protopapas, Khristos
Min. of Public Order: Floridis, Yeoryios
Min. of Transport & Communications: Verelis, Khristos
Governor, Bank of Greece: Garganas, Nikos
Permanent Representative to the UN: Vasilakis, Adamandios
Storefronts
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History
The History of Greece
Greece is around 7,000 years old. The first Greeks where the Minoans, which established on the island of Crete and the Mycenaeans which established on mainland Greece which was around 7,000 B.C. Around 3,000 B.C. the Minoan civilization on Crete was wiped out by a strong volcanic eruption on the island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea. The Mycenaeans cities where in always in civil wars but they finally reunited for the war against Troy. After the war peace did not last long. The Mycenaean states went to wars again. Finally barbarians from Northern Europe called the Dorians invaded Greece and defeated the Mycenaeans forcing them to leave mainland Greece and to sail towards the Aegean Islands where Greece entered its "Dark Age".
During the Dark Age they had to restart civilization by farming and hunting. As they relearned there lost knowledge they soon started calling themselves Hellenics or Greeks. Many Greek city-states where founded on mainland Greece and to name a few Sparta, Athens, Corinth, Thebes, Macedonia, etc… Athens was the city-state that brought the "Golden Age" to Greece where philosophy, medicine, astrology, mathematics, arts flourished out.
Hellenistic Period (336 B.C.-146 B.C.)
The first real, unified Greek Empire was made by Alexander the Great that conquered most of the known world. He defeated one of the world's strongest empires which was the Persian Empire and spread Hellenism throughout the known world. However this empire did not last because on his death his 3 best Generals fought over the Empire and divided in three.
Roman Period (146 B.C.-330 A.D.)
A new city-state known as Euroslavia was founded somewhere in what was Yugoslavia. They proposed to the rest of the Greeks to start a new empire that will hold together for many years to come. That is where the Unified Empire was created having all of the Balkans under its control except for a few. One of the areas not under the control of the Unified Empire was Generia which occupied Bulgaria. The Generians tribes in Bulgaria attacked the Unified Empire dividing it back in two, Greece and Euroslavia.
During that time the Romans where sending out an invading army toward Greece to bring it under the control of the Roman Empire. Greeks and Roman both saw that they where alike in many ways like religion, society, military, economy, etc… A treaty was offered for a Roman-Greco alliance so Rome and Greece can become economically and military allies. There where of course a few Greek city-states that refused this and that was Macedonia and Thrace and the city-states in Asia Minor. The Romans conquered those city-states. The other Greek city-states wanted to do something but they did not have the military power on land to attack the Roman Army even if Sparta was to send its entire army.
Byzantine Period (324 A.D.-1453 A.D.)
When Christianity was introduced to Rome and Greece they both started following a new religion and the 12 gods of Mount Olympus became just a myth. Roman-Greco relations where going smoothly until 324 A.D. Greece started separating away from the alliance because it did not the idea of the Pope for Christianity and did not like the Roman occupation of Macedonia, Thrace and Asia Minor. Greece separated from the Roman alliance and cut all ties. That’s when the Byzantine Period started and the Eastern Greek Orthodox Church was born. The capital for the empire was decided to be in the newly founded city, Constantinople. When a strong army was raised it was sent out to liberated Macedonia and Thrace and then Asia Minor from Roman occupation. The Byzantine Empire became the dominant force in the East. But as the years slowly passed by the Byzantium Empire was losing power and was becoming more unstable. Finally in 1453 the Ottomans managed to capture Constantinople which brought the end of the Byzantium Empire and brought the threat of the Ottoman horror that will soon spread into the Balkans.
Ottoman Period (1453-1821)
The Ottomans spread into the Balkans like a wild forest fire. Northern Greece was lost to the Ottomans but the South remained strong and it still holds the Aegean Island and Crete but they lost Cyprus later on. In 1821 Greece planned the liberation of the rest of Greece that was being occupied. In 1827 all of Greece was liberated.
The Balkan Wars (1912-1913)
The two Balkans Wars raged on in 1912-1913 against the Ottomans by Greece and the other Slavic nations. The Balkan League won both wars which got the Ottomans out of the Balkans completely out but they still occupied Constantinople. Greece got back a lot of land during these two wars.
World War II (1939-1945)
World War II started in 1939 but Greece entered the war in 1940. In 1940 Italy decided to launch an invasion on Greece so the Balkans can be under the complete control of the Axis. But they failed miserably. Even when the Italians had more firepower and soldiers they where chased out of Greece and even out of Albania and all the way back to Italy. The Hellenic Army did not enter Italy and returned back to Greece which was one of there biggest mistake. Mussolini and Hitler both launched an invasion on Greece. The Greek generals tried to repel them but they did not have enough soldiers or firepower to fight the Germans too. The German Army made it all the way south and eventually capturing the capital city, Athens. They then captured the island of Crete but it took them two attempts to capture Crete. But Greece was finally liberated with the cooperation between the British Army, the British Special Forces and Greek resistance they where able to defeat the Germans and get them out of Greece.
A New Age (1945-to present day)
After the Balkan Wars, World War I and World War II where a severe blow to the Greek economy which crippled it and Greece then plunged into poverty. That is when a political party the Hellenic Imperialists Party was gaining major support in Greece. They revived the Greek economy and began many other reforms. But a terrorist killed the leader of the Hellenistic Imperialists and the Greek political world fell to chaos. Nobady agreed on anything and that’s when General Nikolaos Onassis attempted a military coup and succeeded. He invaded Albania and The Former Yugoslav Republic which in one week they fell to the Hellenic Army. Nikolaos Onassis then declared the new Greek Empire called the Hellenistic Empire and declared himself Emperor. To keep the people happy Nikolaos announced the democratic Assembly/Parliament able to house 200 Assemblymen which where voted by the. As Nikolaos continue to rule he turned Greece into a superpower the world can fear and brought the economy to immense power which Greece is now the second most economically powerful in the Balkans but still the most powerful through military. Nikolaos also revived the Megali Idea which was thought off by Elefterios Venizelos. Elefterios Venizelos was one of the greatest politicians and Greece and had great love for his nation. His Megali Idea pictured Greece as a Greater Greece controlling most of the Balkans and Turkey. Nikolaos liberated Cyprus from Turkey and then launched a full invasion on Turkey itself which brought the surrendering of the Turkish government.
[Last Update: November 13, 2005]
[World Fact Book of NTG, Version: November 2005]
[Copyright 2005, The Hellenic Assembly of Greece and Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
Online Site (http://www.bddnetwork.com/nationstates/)
Map of Greece (http://www.bddnetwork.com/nationstates/images/maps/hellenisticempire.jpg)
General Info
Location: Greece
Territories:
-Albania
-Skopje
-Asia Minor
-Bulgaria
-New Hellas
-A Part of CAD Continent
-Most of Antarctica
Income tax rates: 100%
Population: 3,854 billion (November 13, 2005)
Major Industry:
-Uranium mining
-Arms Manufacturing
-Information Technology Industry
-Gambling Industry
-Minning Industry
-Fishing and Agriculture Industry
National Currency: Drachma
National Motto: “Eleutheria e Thanatos (Freedom or Death)”
National Anthem:
(The anthem's music: http://www.bddnetwork.com/nationstates/gr.mid)
(Greek Version)
Segnoriso apo tin Kopsi tou spathiou tin tromeri;
Segnoriso apo tin opsi pou me via metra tin yi.
Ap ta Kokkala vyalmeni ton ellinon ta iera
Ke san prot' anthriomeni haire o hair'eleftheria.
Ke san prot' anthriomeni haire o hair'eleftheria,
Ke san prot' anthriomeni haire o hair'eleftheria.
http://www.bddnetwork.com/nationstates/images/anthem.gif
English Translation
I shall always recognize you
By the dreadful sword you hold,
As the earth, with searching vision,
You survey, with spirit bold.
'Twas the Greeks of old whose dying
Brought to birth our spirit free.
Now, with ancient valor rising,
Let us hail you, oh Liberty!
National Animal: Dolphin
Racial Make-up: 100% Greek
Religious Make-up: 100% Greek Orthodox
Languages Spoken: Greek (official language) and everybody must learn English as a secondary language.
Climate: temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
Unemployment Rate: 2.73%
Crime rate: Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare.
Diplomatic List
Allies:
Generic Empire
Doomingsland
Decisive Action
Roach-Busters
Borman Empire
The Island of Rose
Inkana
Euroslavia
Ennemies:
None
Neutral:
NATO
Alliances:
The Balkan League
The Pact of Steel Alliance
CAD
Nations with embassies in Greece:
Lusitanean Heroes
Salissia
Fascist Scotland
Doomingsland
Wirraway
Praetonia
Decisive Action (3)
Inkane
Yr Widdfa
Roach-Busters
Inkana
Ageaol
Tenarius
Borman empire
Generic Empire
The Island of Rose
Euroslavia
Embassies we have in:
Lusitanean Heroes
Salissia
Fascist Scotland
Doomingsland
Wirraway
Praetonia
Decisive Action (3)
Inkane
Yr Widdfa
Roach-Busters
Inkana
Ageaol
Tenarius
Borman empire
The Island of Rose
Generic Empire
Euroslavia
Military bases we have in:
Borman Empire (3)
Roach-Busters (1)
Nations with military bases in Greece:
Borman Empire (1)
Roach-Busters (1)
Economy
Government Budget Details
Administration: $1,350,549,475,494.91 1%
Social Welfare: $6,752,747,377,474.56 5%
Healthcare: $8,103,296,852,969.47 6%
Education: $27,010,989,509,898.25 20%
Religion & Spirituality: $8,103,296,852,969.47 6%
Defence: $41,867,033,740,342.29 31%
Law & Order: $28,361,538,985,393.16 21%
Commerce: $9,453,846,328,464.39 7%
Public Transport: $1,350,549,475,494.91 1%
The Environment: $2,701,098,950,989.83 2%
Social Equality: $0.00 0%
Economic Statistics:
Exchange Rate: 1 Drachma = $1.7483
Gross Domestic Product: $135,976,482,669,168.05
GDP Per Capita: $35,281.91
Unemployment Rate: 2.73%
Government Budget: $140,682,237,030,720.06
Government Expenditures: $135,054,947,549,491.23
Goverment Waste: $5,627,289,481,228.81
Exports: $16,552,894,789,756.82
Imports: $15,631,359,670,080.00
Trade Surplus: $921,535,119,676.81
Military
•Active Manpower: Total 4,000,000
The Phalanx Divisions: 2,500,000
National Guard: 1,500,000
•Tanks: Total 212,054
100,000 Kahta M1A3 Abrams
4,500 M1A2 Abrams
3,220 Metaxas Tanks
4,234 Challengers 2 MBT
100 M1A4 "King Abrams"
50,000 HC-MBT
50,000 UT-HS
•AEGEAN and IONIAN Airforce: Total 9,800
2,000 F-22 Raptor
4,000 Eurofighter Typhoons
1,000 B-52H Stratofortress
1,000 B-2 Spirit
500 F/A25s
900 Multipurposed Blackhawks
200 RAH-66 COMANCHE
200 AH-64A/D APACHE Attack Helicopter
•AEGEAN and IONIAN Navy Force: Total 1,140
1st Fleet:
-6 Curtis Fabus Class Battleships
-9 H.N. Greco Class Carrier
-30 Arleigh Burke AEGIS Destroyer.
-30 Ticonderoga Class Cruisers.
-15 General Purpose Gunboats.
-9 Virginia Class Future Attack Submarine.
-9 Trident II Class Ballistic Missile Submarines.
-6 Command Ship
The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Naval Fleets are the same as the 1st Naval Fleet.
•Artillery: Total 80,000
80,000 HA-V1
•Transportation: Total 60,000
20,000 Land Transport Vehicles
20,000 Sea Transport Boats
20,000 Air Transport Planes or Helicopters
•Defence Systems
Aristotle Class Centralised ABM/ICBM System
•Weapons of Mass Destruction
Nuclear Weapons:
13,000 Atomic Bomb
Chemical/Bioligical Weapons:
90,000 kg IG Virus
100,000 kg Chorela
150,000 kg Sarin
150,000 kg Anthrax
200,000 kg Zed Gas
200,000 kg Mustard gas
900,000 kg VX Nerve gas
Thermonuclear Weapons:
40,000 Hellas IV Thermonuclear bomb
90,000 Hellas V Thermonuclear bomb
Technology Invented
-IG Virus cure
Specs are classified
-Underground Facilities
Specs are classified but they are able to support life. Use by the army.
-Most advance WMDs/Anti-WMDs in NS. At: http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=360227
Politics/Government
Capital: Athens
Political Parties:
Panhellenic Socialist Movement or PASOK
[b]New Democracy or ND
[b]Communist Party of Greece or KKE
[b]Coalition of the Left and Progress
[b]Imperial Hellenic Socialist Party or IHSP
[b]The Assembly: 200 Assembly members
The Government:
Emperor: Nikolaos Onassis
Supreme General: Atticus Onassis (http://www.bddnetwork.com/nationstates/images/atticus.jpg)
Prime Minister: Simitis, Konstandinos
Min. of the Aegean: Sifounakis, Nikolaos
Min. of Agriculture: Dris, Yeoryios
Min. of Culture: Venizelos, Evangelos
Min. of Development: Tsokhatzopoulos, Apostolos-Athanasios
Min. of Environment, Town Planning, & Public Works: Papandreou, Vaso
Min. of Foreign Affairs: Papandreou, Yeoryios
Min. of Foreign Affairs (Alternate): Yiannitsis, Tasos
Min. of Health & Welfare: Stefanis, Konstandinos
Min. of Interior, Public Administration, & Decentralization: Skandalidis, Konstandinos
Min. of Justice: Petsalnikos, Filippos
Min. of Labor & Social Insurance: Reppas, Dimitris
Min. of Macedonia & Thrace: Kastanidis, Kharis
Min. of Albania & FYROM: General Alexander II
Min. of Asia Minor (Turkey): General Olympia
Min. of Merchant Marine: Paskhalidis, Yeoryios
Min. of National Defense: Papandoniou, Yiannos
Min. of National Economy & Finance: Khristodoulakis, Nikos
Min. of National Education & Religions: Efthymiou, Petros
Min. of Press & Mass Media: Protopapas, Khristos
Min. of Public Order: Floridis, Yeoryios
Min. of Transport & Communications: Verelis, Khristos
Governor, Bank of Greece: Garganas, Nikos
Permanent Representative to the UN: Vasilakis, Adamandios
Storefronts
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Haves the most advance WMD in NS.
History
The History of Greece
Greece is around 7,000 years old. The first Greeks where the Minoans, which established on the island of Crete and the Mycenaeans which established on mainland Greece which was around 7,000 B.C. Around 3,000 B.C. the Minoan civilization on Crete was wiped out by a strong volcanic eruption on the island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea. The Mycenaeans cities where in always in civil wars but they finally reunited for the war against Troy. After the war peace did not last long. The Mycenaean states went to wars again. Finally barbarians from Northern Europe called the Dorians invaded Greece and defeated the Mycenaeans forcing them to leave mainland Greece and to sail towards the Aegean Islands where Greece entered its "Dark Age".
During the Dark Age they had to restart civilization by farming and hunting. As they relearned there lost knowledge they soon started calling themselves Hellenics or Greeks. Many Greek city-states where founded on mainland Greece and to name a few Sparta, Athens, Corinth, Thebes, Macedonia, etc… Athens was the city-state that brought the "Golden Age" to Greece where philosophy, medicine, astrology, mathematics, arts flourished out.
Hellenistic Period (336 B.C.-146 B.C.)
The first real, unified Greek Empire was made by Alexander the Great that conquered most of the known world. He defeated one of the world's strongest empires which was the Persian Empire and spread Hellenism throughout the known world. However this empire did not last because on his death his 3 best Generals fought over the Empire and divided in three.
Roman Period (146 B.C.-330 A.D.)
A new city-state known as Euroslavia was founded somewhere in what was Yugoslavia. They proposed to the rest of the Greeks to start a new empire that will hold together for many years to come. That is where the Unified Empire was created having all of the Balkans under its control except for a few. One of the areas not under the control of the Unified Empire was Generia which occupied Bulgaria. The Generians tribes in Bulgaria attacked the Unified Empire dividing it back in two, Greece and Euroslavia.
During that time the Romans where sending out an invading army toward Greece to bring it under the control of the Roman Empire. Greeks and Roman both saw that they where alike in many ways like religion, society, military, economy, etc… A treaty was offered for a Roman-Greco alliance so Rome and Greece can become economically and military allies. There where of course a few Greek city-states that refused this and that was Macedonia and Thrace and the city-states in Asia Minor. The Romans conquered those city-states. The other Greek city-states wanted to do something but they did not have the military power on land to attack the Roman Army even if Sparta was to send its entire army.
Byzantine Period (324 A.D.-1453 A.D.)
When Christianity was introduced to Rome and Greece they both started following a new religion and the 12 gods of Mount Olympus became just a myth. Roman-Greco relations where going smoothly until 324 A.D. Greece started separating away from the alliance because it did not the idea of the Pope for Christianity and did not like the Roman occupation of Macedonia, Thrace and Asia Minor. Greece separated from the Roman alliance and cut all ties. That’s when the Byzantine Period started and the Eastern Greek Orthodox Church was born. The capital for the empire was decided to be in the newly founded city, Constantinople. When a strong army was raised it was sent out to liberated Macedonia and Thrace and then Asia Minor from Roman occupation. The Byzantine Empire became the dominant force in the East. But as the years slowly passed by the Byzantium Empire was losing power and was becoming more unstable. Finally in 1453 the Ottomans managed to capture Constantinople which brought the end of the Byzantium Empire and brought the threat of the Ottoman horror that will soon spread into the Balkans.
Ottoman Period (1453-1821)
The Ottomans spread into the Balkans like a wild forest fire. Northern Greece was lost to the Ottomans but the South remained strong and it still holds the Aegean Island and Crete but they lost Cyprus later on. In 1821 Greece planned the liberation of the rest of Greece that was being occupied. In 1827 all of Greece was liberated.
The Balkan Wars (1912-1913)
The two Balkans Wars raged on in 1912-1913 against the Ottomans by Greece and the other Slavic nations. The Balkan League won both wars which got the Ottomans out of the Balkans completely out but they still occupied Constantinople. Greece got back a lot of land during these two wars.
World War II (1939-1945)
World War II started in 1939 but Greece entered the war in 1940. In 1940 Italy decided to launch an invasion on Greece so the Balkans can be under the complete control of the Axis. But they failed miserably. Even when the Italians had more firepower and soldiers they where chased out of Greece and even out of Albania and all the way back to Italy. The Hellenic Army did not enter Italy and returned back to Greece which was one of there biggest mistake. Mussolini and Hitler both launched an invasion on Greece. The Greek generals tried to repel them but they did not have enough soldiers or firepower to fight the Germans too. The German Army made it all the way south and eventually capturing the capital city, Athens. They then captured the island of Crete but it took them two attempts to capture Crete. But Greece was finally liberated with the cooperation between the British Army, the British Special Forces and Greek resistance they where able to defeat the Germans and get them out of Greece.
A New Age (1945-to present day)
After the Balkan Wars, World War I and World War II where a severe blow to the Greek economy which crippled it and Greece then plunged into poverty. That is when a political party the Hellenic Imperialists Party was gaining major support in Greece. They revived the Greek economy and began many other reforms. But a terrorist killed the leader of the Hellenistic Imperialists and the Greek political world fell to chaos. Nobady agreed on anything and that’s when General Nikolaos Onassis attempted a military coup and succeeded. He invaded Albania and The Former Yugoslav Republic which in one week they fell to the Hellenic Army. Nikolaos Onassis then declared the new Greek Empire called the Hellenistic Empire and declared himself Emperor. To keep the people happy Nikolaos announced the democratic Assembly/Parliament able to house 200 Assemblymen which where voted by the. As Nikolaos continue to rule he turned Greece into a superpower the world can fear and brought the economy to immense power which Greece is now the second most economically powerful in the Balkans but still the most powerful through military. Nikolaos also revived the Megali Idea which was thought off by Elefterios Venizelos. Elefterios Venizelos was one of the greatest politicians and Greece and had great love for his nation. His Megali Idea pictured Greece as a Greater Greece controlling most of the Balkans and Turkey. Nikolaos liberated Cyprus from Turkey and then launched a full invasion on Turkey itself which brought the surrendering of the Turkish government.
[Last Update: November 13, 2005]
[World Fact Book of NTG, Version: November 2005]
[Copyright 2005, The Hellenic Assembly of Greece and Ministry of Foreign Affairs]