Hellenic League

The **Hellenic League**, is a league formed by the confederation of the nations of the Hellenic Republic and the Kingdom of Macedon, located on the Southern Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean. It was formed on **Day 16** (year 1030) of in *Season 3,* it is a vassal of the Ottoman Empire. A Hegemon is elected to lead the League while its members keep political autonomy in their respective realms. The current Hegemon is Braden and he **Seat of the League** is Pella in Macedon.

## Administrative

### Cities

Macedon (Kingdom of Macedon) Athens (Hellenic Republic)

### Members

Braden, Nicator, CreeperLord, LintyHades.

## Politics

The League is organised buy confederated nations/states who keep their own internal governmental systems with their own leaders. This means each League member state could have its own method to choose a leader of their own. **Member state leaders** are equal to each other within the League, and then elect the **Hegemon** from among themselves to represent them all in **foreign** and **military** affairs.

### Joining the League

Any nation may confederate and join the League as long as these requisites are fulfilled: 1) the requester state has a leader, 2) the leader accepts to confederate into the League, 3) the leader accepts the designated authority of the Hegemon, 4) the Hegemon accepts the request. The effect of the confederation is instant.

### Rights and Votes

Autonomy of members states outside the Hegemon's authority is guaranteed by the League. Member states may ask for a vote to change the nature of the League, authority of the Hegemon or electing the Hegemon himself, requiring a 51% of the vote to pass. Only Member State Leaders and the Hegemon may vote. League meetings may happen in the **Seat of the League**, currently being Pella.

## Members

The co-founders of the League (Nicator and Braden) have been members since its creation in day 16 (year 1030).

On the day 55 (year 1110) two new members (Creeperlord and LintyHades) joined the League. They would later be sent into exhile after the Spartan uprising.

### Member States

Currently there are Two Member States: The Hellenic Republic (Athens) and the Kingdom of Macedon (Macedon).

For a brief period of time, the Kingdom of Sparta (Sparta) also used to be a member state.

## Chronological Events

### Suzerainty under the Ottoman Empire

As leader of the Hellenic Republic, Braden had the Ottoman Empire as suzerain. When he became Hegemon he keept this feudal contract as subject of the Ottomans. This may continue for as long as this contract stays in place or another Hegemon is not elected.

### Neutrality During WW1

During the Kingdom of Dacia's invasion of Bulgaria, the Hellenic League stayed neutral, observing the fights taking place in Plovidiv from the highlands of Thrace.

### Border Treaties with Dacia

After Bulgaria's collapse in WW1, Dacia advanced south towards the Hellenic Northern border (Macedon) and several treaties were signed ina matter of days. These treaties formalized the borders in Eastern Thrace and Western Thrace. Days later Albania joined Dacia and these borders were fixed between Dacia and the League.

### Aegean Claim Rush

During the Post-War period after WW1, several nations flooded the seas, coasts and islands of the Aegean and Ionian seas with claims in a matter of days. These nations were Venice, Safinim, Italy, Friso-Danskia, Bosnia, Luxembourg and even Scorn (going against point 8 of the WW1 peace deal). They were obviously directed to interfere with Hellenic claims and interests in their home region in response of Hellenic treaties signed with the victorious Dacia. The League had to get into diplomatic talks that took weeks in order to reclaim some of these lands, most noticeably from Scorn, Friso-Danskia and Bosnia. As a result, Italy kept Kephalonia, Western Peloponessos, half of Crete and Chios.

### Crete Crisis

Venice claims during the Aegean Claim Rush were focused on the island of Crete, which ended up divided between Pierre's Venice and Braden's Athens. This caused tensions within Venice itself (Candia and Venice proper) and between the League and Venice, almost causing war in several occasions. This tense situation continued during all the interwar period and continued after the Italian Unification.

### Colonial Egypt

A colonial rush started in North Africa after day 30, when Scorn started claiming large extensions of the western Maghreb, causing other powers to push their claims in the region. Venice claimed Tunis, Dacia claimed Cyrenaica, and other powers showed interest in following these steps. Nicator's Macedon decided to push for the Nile and the Suez Canal, slowly pushing south in a matter of days. Shortly after, Esgaroth claimed the Levant, Occitania and the Ottomans claimed Algiers, Ukraine claimed the Lybian desert, Luxembourg claimed Mesopotamia, Friso-Danskia claimed the Western Sahara, Moria claimed Bone and Occitania claimed Kuwait.

### Second Scornite-Dacian War

The Hellenes honored Dacia's defensive call to arms despite the numerical inferiority. Their members took part in the Sarmizegetusa siege and several smaller battles around the city. After the Dacian collapse, the Hellenic League asked for a cease of hostilities. As a result Macedon was forced to cede land in Thrace to the newly refounded Bulgaria.

### The Spartan Uprising

After the Second Scornite-Dacian War, several members of Sparta declared a coup against the League, trying to seize power through an internal war. This event was rejected by both the Archon of Athens and the King of Macedon, causing the Hegemon to kick them out of the League. The leader of the uprising, CreeperLord, was expelled and forced to migrate to northern Russia to start a new faction there.