Hellenia

Hellenia, (Hellenian: Helenier, (/hel-li-ni-ya/), officially the Kingdom of Hellenia (Hellenian: Ounderrecht dêr Hêlenen) is a sovereign country located in Europe. (Alternate spelling for this country is Helenia.) The capital of Dan Haven (translated as, the city) has been recently named this way, since 1963. Before that, it was named Ounderhaven (translated as, King's city.). The largest city is currently Berlin. Dan Haven is the capital because of historical ties and because the royal house is placed there currently.
Culturally, Hellenia is considered to be Hellenic and West German, with adaptations from Denmark and the South Germanic peoples. Hellenia is widely considered as a Germanic nation, due to its language and its geographical position.
The crown belongs to the Hellenian king. As opposed to other unitary states, Hellenia has princely departments inside it.
As of the treaty of Aldenhaven (Allenstein), Germany cannot be reunified. This however might change.
== Etymology ==
The name Hellenia comes from the Greco-Saxon tribe leader Helenon. His brother, Archenon took different paths. Helenon eventually settled in Brandenburg and Hanover while Archenon settled in Austria. Archenon named his unified tribe "Eastern Empire", hence Austria. Helenon died before he could make his own unified tribal empire, so different states emerged. Brandenburg was proven to be the strongest kingdom.
== History ==
The infobox says it all, in a brief standard.
=== Greek tribes migrating northwards ===
Greek colonialism never had stopped until it did. Greco-Saxon general Helenon with his brother Archenon went together, as mentioned in Etymology. Greek tribes integrated Germanic and Viking culture, then soon enough ended up forgetting where they came from.
=== Formation of the 1st Hellenian Empire ===
And you thought Austria was the big boy. The Christianization of Hellenia led to Victoria, the goddess of war, no longer leading Hellenian armies to victory, but merely God and Jesus Christ himself. The Hellenian people migrated eastward, to modern day East Prussia, soon to be forming the Order of the Hellenian Knights, which their slogan was "At God's call". They were sent by the Pope to exterminate the Baltic pagans. And so they did. They did not participate in the Crusades however, they were too "busy" with pagans. But the Palaestinalied was popular among the Hellenian kingdoms.
The Empire formed after the job was done for the Pagans. Now, the Knights at their own duty, they are willing to united north Germany under one sword. And so they did. Their main rival however, was Poland.
==== The Hellenian war against Poland, 1196 ====
The reason this happened was that the Knights thought their lands were too narrow. They wanted to take over Posenland to make way for more Hellenian colonization in these lans. The outcome was victory.
==== The Unification of Hellenia and the expansion southwards ====
After the war was won, the Knights have given Brandenburg a deal, rather an ultimatum of some sort. They will be united under the Knights rule, in exchange that their King will lead the main army. Brandenburg accepted the offer, leaving the rest of Hellenia to be unified, at least that was their expectation.
==== The Knights' role at the Crusades ====
The Knights' role at the Crusades were at first promising. But later, king Jord-Ioannen I Laskarier died in the Empire of Romania (Latin Empire). Soon after the Knights' army was defeated. They had to withdraw.
=== Formation of the Holy Roman Empire ===
Soon after the King's death, the only one able to the throne was Theodore I Laskaris (Θεόδωρος Α΄ Λάσκαρις). He happened to also rule the Empire of Romania. He accepted the throne of the Knights, and ended the Knight's kingdom in favor of the Holy Roman Empire. He asked the Pope himself that the only way to defeat the Saracens was to unite every single Christian, regardless of the Church differences, under one, to the Holy Roman Empire. The Pope had no other choice, and he accepted. The Holy Roman Empire soon had span from the coast of Spain to the Baltic coast. This has proved to be quite successful in the Crusades, but in the later years, it started crumbling.
=== Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire and the formation of the Roman Confederation ===
The 2nd Battle of Jerusalem had proved to be a failure to the Empire. The Armies were starving, tired and demoralized, and saw no hope. The Empire was dissolved in the early days of 1312. Its legacy however has gone further.
==== The Roman Confederation ====
This is pretty much the same with the Holy Roman Empire, in real life. The emperor was Austria.
=== Dissolution of the Empire of Romania ===
The King was not viewed as strong and legit as it once was back when the Holy Roman Empire formed. A peasant revolution in Potsdam, Brandenburg has encouraged the Emperor to cease his rule in Hellenia and Byzantium. Hellenia was once again in pieces, and the Knights' order has been weakened to the point that a peasant is stronger than an average knight. Brandenburg was the only duchy to have a Palaiologos dynasty among the Hellenian states.
=== Poland's revenge against the remainder of the Knights ===
Soon after, Poland wanted revenge, after the embarrassing defeat against the Knights. They declared war. Unsurprisingly, with Poland's new ally Lithuania, crushed and shattered the Knights. Thus, they ceased their rule. Posenland was given back to the Polish kingdom.
=== Formation of the Kingdom of Hellenia ===
The remainder of the Byzantine dynasty now lives in Hellenia. The Byzantine Empire was only a mere distant memory after being gobbled by the Ottoman Empire. The Palaiologos dynasty has been renamed to "Jemiener", since the family has now only half of the Greek roots it once had. Duke Georgien-Ioannen vân Jemiener had united with the Duchy of Prussia, a mere shadow of its former self, and has changed the government to the Kingdom status.
=== The Hellenian revolution, 1805 ===
Inspired by the French Revolution, and also by the corrupt king, the people of Hellenia sought freedom and glory against the king. This has also brought up the Hellenian Nationalism. The king had been replaced by the National Salvation, and 2 months later, the king's youngest brother, Stefan-Voltairen vân Jemiener had been announced "president" of the country. But no, he didn't like that title, as it was not so prestigious. And so, he called himself an Emperor shortly after. Thus, the
=== 2nd Hellenian Empire ===
had formed. He would seek and alliance with France to advance the frontiers of Revolution, and then advances his own borders soon after. The province of Scheswig-Holstein has been taken and so did Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. He wanted to make it his own palace there, thus renaming it the Jemenier-palatenland.
=== The French Betrayal ===
The French, specifically Napoleon himself, also wanted to advance his own frontiers, undoubtedly. He seized parts of what is called historically here as North-West Prussia and thought the Hellenian Emperor as incompetent. This message soon was seen by the Emperor of Hellenia and quickly broke his alliance with France. Now, in order for France to kick Russia's ass, they first need to get through Hellenia. And so they did, with passion. Most Polish lands had been lost, the army dismantled and Saxony had became a part of the Rhine Confederation, or the Rheinbund, the successor of the Roman Confederation
Hellenia joined the coalition against France and soon, with marshal Bluchter (alternate version of Bluecher) in Waterloo finished off Napoleon's army. Hellenia seized the Rhine, a sizeable Sphere of Influence, most of Poland back and in exchange, the Empire title would be gone. The Emperor accepted this, and the 2nd Empire had been ever since gone as-well, replaced with a Kingdom.
=== Franco-Hellenian War, 1870 ===
See more on, here. It's the same, just change the names a little bit, then you get stuff. For the misinformed, Prussia won. And in here Hellenia does too. At this point Germany becomes unified.
=== World War 1, The Great War ===
Basically, a Belgian colonial incident happened and Germany declared war on Belgium. Belgium was guaranteed by the British, and so Britain declared war on Germany. Austria-Hungary had been allies, so it would be obvious that they would help Germany. France takes this as an opportunity to re-take Alsace-Lorraine and so declares war on Germany with her ally, Russia. At this point, you can play Battlefield 1 or Verdun. The outcome is the same, Germany lost.
==== The Formation of the German Republic and the Monarchy in-exile ====
After the loss of Germany in the Great War, the German people had lost hope for the German nation. The Monarchy in-exile lived in East Prussia, or Aisthelenier in this universe.
=== The war against Lithuania, 1922 ===
Lithuania, after seeing the loss of Germany in the Great War thought seizing the land of Dan Haven, located under but in Memelland would be a tremendous victory for them.
The Hellenian people however, filled with a revanchist spirit do not let go that easily. They declare war against Hellenia on March. The Houtenkårpen Division (Freikorps Army) had been dispatched in East Prussia, and soon enough repelled the Lithuanian invasion. Filled with spirit, they advance through the river, to no avail. The war had become a stalemate.
After seeing Lithuania's incompetence, Poland declared war on Lithuania for Vilnius, which happened historically. The treaty of Dan Haven states that Lithuania had no right to claim any Hellenian territory from now on, and had to pay war indemnities.
=== Hellenian Unification with Germany, 1933 ===
With Hitler in power as Chancellor, The Hellenian Monarchy was worried about its existence. With the fear of Poland, it would not stand a chance in the next 10 years. A referendum was held for unification, a whopping 96% wanted to join Germany. In 8th of December, the country officially declared it's unity with Germany. The Royal family had right to live in his palace.
=== World War Two, the Sequel ===
Whatever happened historically happens here too. Germany lost the war.
==== The Formation of the Hellenian Democratic Republic ====
Stalin had occupied most of Hellenia when Germany surrendered, their boundaries stopped until the Rhine. He refused to split Berlin to its respective sides, and took whatever he took. In 1948, the HDR had formed, out of the ruins. The rest of Hellenia, the Rhine, had its own country as-well. The Rheinland Free State. Both maintained Hellenian (Prussian) Army traditions.
=== The Hellenian Spring ===
The people were not happy with Communist rule. After years of National Socialist propaganda against Communism, they feared it from the beginning. Now, after numerous revolts against the government, the Red Army marched into Berlin. The people were now angry. The Russification of East Prussia had only just begun, and the NATO governments do not like it. The Rhineland Free State declared war on the Soviet Union, along with the Hellenian Monarchy in-exile. They repelled Soviet troops, but then were defeated. the Rheinlander Free corps division, along with the main army had to march to Lubeck, which is were the lower armies of the Red Army would be, and they soon crushed it. The Soviets now enter Hellenia with Revenge as their objective. Soon, NATO stepped in and the whole war was going to be won by Hellenia.
It ends in a decisive stalemate, a victory only for the Hellenians. They have gained all of the pre-Imperial borders back, but with a large cost. Poland, Romania and Bulgaria had been liberated from Communist rule.
== Politics ==
=== Political Parties ===
Ever since the restoration of the Princes, Hellenia remained continuously ruled by the will and power of the King. However, Since it is a Constitutional Monarchy, it has a Chancellor. Every citizen above the age of 18 can vote. Underage voting is considered criminal in Hellenia, since the youth have no proper idea about Politics. The current ruling party is the Party of the Freewilling (Partÿ dêr Houtenwillenen). The Freewilling's party ideology is German Pan-nationalism, Hellenian nationalism and Traditionalism. Other significant parties include the People's Front - Eagle's Glory (Jiernensfront - Aiten's Glorien), Hellenian People's Worker's Party (Hêlenierns Werkenspartÿ), and the Hellenian Social Democratic Party (Hêlenen Såcial-Jiernkratorens Partÿ).
Since the 2014 elections, the Social Democratic party had since been declining, due to recent events involving refugees and Antifa attacks. The Eagle's Glory party received 30% of the vote, while the Party of the Freewilling received 50% of the people's call. 
Alexander Gauland received a major victory, and he called for the Eagle's Glory party to form a coalition called the National Coalition.
=== Foreign affairs ===
Hellenia's foreign policies are conducted through the Hellenian Foreign Affairs Ministry, with its head, the Minister of the Hellenian Foreign Affairs, Jârt-Klemens Anderier. The main aim for the Ministry of Affairs is safeguarding the Hellenian diaspora, Hellenian happiness and its own glory and interests.
The Ministry has three important issues of particular importance, but one of them is the most important. Since the Danish claim on Schleswig-Holstein had been tense, their objective is to release the tension in that area and prevent a possible war. The other issue, the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen land. (Jemiener-Palatênland). The land is being claimed by Würtemberg. The last issue is the De-hellenization of Luxembourg. They are desperately trying to keep Hellenian identity in Luxembourg and prevent the De-hellenization occurring there.
Regarding international organizations, it is a part of NATO. Ever since 2015, it has left the EU.
==== Relations regarding Official Nations ====
===== Alliances with other Official Nations =====
Hellenia is currently allied with Neo Prussia since the 5th of February, 2018. Signed in Cologne.
===== Organizations of Official Nations =====
Hellenia is currently in none.
=== Law and Justice ===
Hellenia's law enforcement organization is the Hellenian Law Enforcement. (Helenien Rechtepitart Polhârren) Since the Freewilling Party took over, the police force had strengthened significantly. It is a very large agency with its responsibilities ranging from road traffic control to counter-terrorism.
The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature and comprises three Supreme Courts: the Court of Cassation (Symvolen dêr Kassetârven), the Council of State (Symvolen dêr Stat) and the Court of Auditors (Elechten Synedrien). The Judiciary system is also composed of civil courts, which judge civil and penal cases and administrative courts, which judge disputes between the citizens and the Hellenian administrative authorities.
=== Military ===
The Hellenian National Army is a merger of both the Free Corps (Houtenkårpen - Freikorps) and the Defensive Armed Forces (Defondancen Armenjârierat). It is overseen by the Hellenian Armed General Staff (Hêlenen Armengeneral Epitêleirt). 
It consists of 3 branches.
* Jârierat dê Landvair (Hellenian Land Army)
* Mâllenmarine (Kriegsmarine)
* Airtarmen (Luftwaffe - Air Force)
Hellenian Military personnel total of over 1,100,000 million. Active duty forces are 810,000 and the Reserve force is 290.000. Hellenia ranks 5th in the world, only behind Russia. All ages between 11 and 16 are required military training from the school. Every males between 16 and 18 is trained the art of war.
As a member of NATO, the Hellenian military participates in exercises and deployments under the auspices of the alliance. Hellenia's involvement in NATO is extensive.
=== Politcal parties in the Parliament ===
 Political parties in the Parliament
Name 	Ideology 	Places	Places
Partÿ dêr Houtenwillenen 	Nationalism, traditionalism 	 	
Jiernensfront - Aiten's Glorien 	Populism 	 	
Hêlenierns Werkenspartÿ 	Social democracy, Socialism 	 	
Hêlenen Såcial-Jiernkratorens Partÿ	Social democracy, Christian democracy, right-conservatism	 	
Dâr Alden Liberalerpartÿ 	Classical liberalism 	 	
Konservatievân Rechtspartÿ 	Right-conservatism, Nationalism 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
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