Kingdom of Greece

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Greece, Officially the Kingdom of Greece, is a Balkan country in Southern Europe. It is a Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy, a government very similar to the parliament in Great Britain. Greece is ruled by the house of Glüksburg witch ironically is a German house ruling an Entente aligned country. Greece fought in the Fourth Balkan war along with Serbia, and Romania where they were able to force Bulgaria and Albania to cede land to the coalition with Greece gaining Salonica and Western Thrace. Greece is not as militarized as their northern neighbors with most Greeks in the Ottoman Empire having fled to Greece depopulation their territories thus dejustifying the Magali Idea. Greece was proclaimed in 1832 as the first Balkan State to successfully gain independence after a long war of Independence witch nearly destroyed the nation. Greece did not praticipate in the wider Weltkrieg given the lack of need to intervene. While it may have harbored some sympathies for the Entente and Cairo Pact. It knew that it was not in any position to help. With the Second Weltkrieg ending the Greeks have elected a Liberal Prime Minister who looks towards the Entente for alignment to try and save it from a revanchist Bulgaria. But this has caused some awkwardness as the Ottomans to look towards the Entente in a vain attempt to stop the German-aligned Egyptians.

## History

In 1936 the Greeks were in a dire situation. Their defeat in the First Weltkrieg had sent the nation spiraling off the edge into economic crisis and several coups and general instability. A short lived movement trying to establish a more authoritarian society and the nation looked like it would tear itself apart at the seams. In the chaos one group was able to get the support of the Greek People. The monarchists, they argued that the war was not lost by a monarchy but rather a disloyal republic that did not give its support to the king. This and other arguments led the Greek people to force their government to put Alexandros II of Greece into power and to restore the monarchy. This allowed Greece to stabilize and begin rebuilding internally but also begin rebuilding its military. In 1937 the Balkan League formed to try and combat the Bulgarians and their domination once and for all. Greece launched a rapid offensive into Salonica making great use of its territory in Thessoloniki to strike north and surround Bulgarian forces. This allowed the Greeks to advance rapidly using the same tactics as used in operation Teutonburg. Albania would join the Bulgarians and the Greeks would launch an offensive there to and they would seize Northern Epirus. With the fall of Sofia to Serbian forces the Bulgarians surrendered and their nation was carved up losing huge chunks of land. This would end up haunting the Balkans later on down the line. After the war the credibility of the Greek nation was restored and weeks of celebrations were declared in the capital. In 1939 the Greeks would send volunteers to the Egyptians wanting to take the Turks down a peg during the war. When the Second Weltkrieg began the Greeks were mostly out of the way as weirdly the Balkans were the only part of the European continent with non-aligned powers. However Greek soldiers would support the Entente during the war and while they didn't cause that much of a change it still gave some presitge to the Greek people. With all of these successes the Greek people have been riding on a high of victory after victory. But this has made them oblivious to the rising National Populist threat in Bulgaria witch has allied itself with the monarchy. And also the Kalterkrieg witch has begun to bring everyone down to earth that if these two factions go to war, the entire world will be destroyed.

## Military

The Greek military is small but well known for its service abroad. Its military is comprised of several divisions that all have served in foreign wars and the majority of them in the Fourth Balkan War. Its navy is large for its size and it is capable of projecting power in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Greek air force meanwhile will have some work to do as Air power increasingly becomes decisive in modern warfare.