Aegean Germany

> Oh, what a miserable people we are, to let such sins and debt go unaccounted for!
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The Repentant Monetary German Protectorate of Greece (*Greek: Γερμανία του Αιγαίου - Germanía tou Aigaíou / Το Μετανοημένο Νομισματικό Γερμανικό Προτεκτοράτο της Ελλάδος - To Metanoiméno Nomismatikó Germanikó Protektoráto tis Elládos*) (*German: Ägäisches Deutschland / Das reuige monetäre deutsche Protektorat Griechenland*), more commonly known as Aegean Germany, German Greece, or the Repentant Greek State, is a German protectorate state created by Angela Merkel with consent from Kyriakos Mitsotakis in an attempt to compensate for debt accrued by allowing Germany to control Greece's economic output, and later to allow Germany to control strategic ports in return for protection from Turkey.

## Aegean Germany

### Hypothetical Rump State

The Collaborative Germanic Greek City of Athens

### Major Religions/Religious Orientations

Greek Orthodox Christianity, Nondenominational Christianity (until Dec 2021), Lutheranism (until Dec 2021), Atheism (after Dec 2021)

## Background

Greece and Germany have a spotty relationship, mostly due to having little in common and being relatively distant from each other, however this has not prevented their relationship from being laden with drama. From the being the inspiration in their rebellions to the unjust and angering invasion during WW2 being easily forgotten to the sands of time and becoming barely a mark upon Greece's ancientness, to the Greek debt crisis sparks concerns of imperialism and causing a man reminiscent of the military junta days to be elected, later causing a complete shutdown of all Greek banks and utter chaos across the country, Germany is almost unforgettable to the "forget and forgive" Mediterranean nation.

Kyriakos always loved Germany. He found their riches fascinating, and a model for Greece to emulate for it to prosper. Of course, the Germans found Greeks to be the less-than-perfect, but still usable, blueprint of knowledge to which they admittedly owe their success and genius to.

When his predecessor repeated the language of the people that had Kyriakos's parents under house arrest the night he was born and offended the nation he found so great, Kyriakos considered it nothing short of abhorrent. When withdrawals were limited, he became desperate to reverse the crisis as quickly as possible.

## Formation

On July 8th, his sense of morality, justice, and accountability, especially in the financial world, pressed down on him and snapped him in half. He lost all respect for the Greek people's autonomy, seeing that they had steered Greece into darkness and elected a sinner who seemed to be born from the womb of 1970. He contacted Angela Merkel, and using appeals to her religion and her desire for fortune, gained her support, and submitted an agreement that would establish him as the leader of a puppet state.

On July 10th, Kyriakos and several thousands of Bundeswehr troops stormed Maximos Mansion and demanded that Tsipras resign and "allow the peaceful transition from sin to repentance". Tsipras, who seemed to be all bark and no bite, quickly fled the scene. The other residents, seeing that the Prime Minister has caved, surrendered in droves. It was dubbed "the only peaceful coup in Greek history".

The puppet state would only be finalized on the 11th due to paperwork and translation slowdowns. Many Greek citizens were on edge, however as weeks passed life was pretty much the same, or even improved. There were some minor reorganizations, but elections continued as normal, except for a mandatory appeal having to be submitted to Germany before anyone could be elected.

## Future

Scholz has shown that he finds the puppet moderately useful but not a priority. He uses it for more military purposes than economic purposes, especially enjoying the ports for shipping weaponry and docking naval vessels.

A poll showed that 83% of Greeks are some level of favorable or neutral about their situation. As long as Germany continues to be mostly non-interventionist, Greek life will continue mostly normally.

## Miscellaneous

* The eagle on the flag is based off of the eagle on the flag of the Sacred Band, a military force formed at the beginning of the Greek War of Independence
* When Aegean Germany is included in the data, Germany has the highest amount of LGBTQ+ people per capita in the world with almost 25% identifying in some form. This is mostly due to activism that had flowered from the Weimar days in Germany being brought to Greece.