Greece

“”Hence we will not say that the Greeks fought like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks.

— Winston Churchill

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic or historically the Third Hellenic Republic, is a democratic republic located on the Greek Peninsula in South-Eαstern Europe. He has lots of islands. As of 2018, he mαintαins α populαtion of αbout 10.74 million inhαbitαnts. Currently mαintαins α debt of $372 Billion αs of September 2019.

Being α highly westernized countrybαll in Southern Europe, hαving αccess to the Mediterrαneαn αlreαdy gives Greecebαll the αbility to into European Union and Eurozone, where he is considered as one of the poorest members, which has lots of debts. Greece can also into NATO, which despite his poverty, he spends more than 3% of his GDP on defense. Also can into the Union for the Mediterranean. Greece is αlso αn observer of the Danube Commission, αs well αs a member in the United Nations like αlmost every other country in the world.

Ιστορία (History)

In 1974 Greece saw the end of his military junta, leading to the return of Konstantinos Karamanlis from exile to become prime minister, starting the Third Hellenic Republic. On 17 November, the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising was celebrated, symbolizing resistance to the junta rule. The new democratic constitution was adopted on 11 June 1975, establishing Greece as a [[Parliamentarianism|parliamentary republic, and Michail Stasinopoulos was elected as president by the Parliament on 15 June.

Greece's integration into the European community began with his entry into the European Economic Community (EEC) on 1 January 1981, becoming the 10th member. Later that same year, Andreas Papandreou and the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) won the national elections, ushering in the first socialist government in Greek history.

In 1990, Konstantinos Mitsotakis and the New Democracy party won the national elections.

In 1996, Andreas Papandreou resigned as prime minister due to ill health on January 17, and Costas Simitis succeeded him. Greece adopted the Euro as his currency on the first day of 2001, replacing the drachma. Greece then hosted the Summer Olympics in Athens from 13-29 August 2004, which was significant since Ancient Greece was the birthplace of the Olympic Games.

Kostas Karamanlis, the nephew of Konstantinos Karamanlis, became prime minister in 2004.

The financial landscape of Greece changed dramatically in October 2009 when George Papandreou of PASOK became prime minister, and Greece revealed his budget deficit in December, triggering the Greek government-debt crisis. This led to Greece signing the first bailout agreement with the EU and the IMF on 2 May 2010, which involved stringent austerity measures. Political instability in 2012 resulted in two rounds of national elections, one in May and another in June. The one in May did not produce a decisive outcome, leading to a second round in June, after which Antonis Samaras of the New Democracy became prime minister by forming a coalition government. Greece had secured a second bailout agreement in February 2012, but further significant adjustments and decisions regarding this bailout were made in November 2012.

The year 2015 was significant as the SYRIZA party won the national elections, and Alexis Tsipras became prime minister. A crucial bailout referendum on 5 July resulted in a 'No' vote to the EU conditions, but Greece agreed to a third bailout package on 13 July after intense negotiations.

In 2017, Greece added a bunch of socialistic policies, like granting everyone free college, free tuition, free books, free meals. But, since everyone was getting free things, nobody worked for anything and Greece went bankrupt. Greece exited his third and final bailout program on 20 August 2018.

In the 2019 national elections, New Democracy, led by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, won, and Mitsotakis became prime minister. The COVID-19 pandemic hit Greece in March 2020, leading to lockdowns and various public health measures. In 2023, New Democracy won the national elections again, with Mitsotakis continuing as prime minister.

Ασήμαντα πράγματα (Trivia)

• The Greek national anthem, Hymn to Liberty, is 55 minutes long. A shorter version of it (~2 minutes long) is used at events and ceremonies.
• It is illegal to call a man's wife a whore in Greece.
• The oldest, still functioning bridge in Greece was built 3,300 years ago.

Σχέσεις (Relαtions)

Φίλοι (Friends)

• Αρμενία - BESTEST FRIEND! We're both Christiαn, however, he's surrounded by kebαbs so I cαn't see him as much. Armeniαn Genocide never forget! We stαnd in solidαrity forever!
• Ιταλία - CHILDHOOD FRIEND, and my Catholic counterpart! Both hαve rich history! Greαt civilizαtion brothers, great neighbor, we chill by the sea. Let's tαke more monies from Germoney! UNA FACCIA UNA RAZZA!!!
• Γαλλία - We mutually respect our cultures, and she inspired me in the past. She gives me monies way nicer than Germany.
• Γεωργία - Another Caucasian friend, I respect him. He’s also Christian.
• Πορτογαλία - We have lots of things in common, we both are poor and in debt, we had a dictatorship that we got rid of at the same time.
• ΗΠΑ - A friend who helped me in difficult times, now he has even more debts than me.
• Τουρκμενιστάν - Since 2016, I officially supported Turkmenistan.
• Σερβία - Best friend. THE BEST SLAV! Remove Kebαb! We αre both Orthodox Christiαn, hαte Turkey. He deserves to tαke Kosovo back, becαuse he deserves the clay. Also when NATO wαs bombing you in 1999, I wαs the only NATO member who didn't bomb.

εχθροί (Enemies)

• Τουρκία - CRETE AND CYPRUS ARE RIGHTFUL GREEK CLAY, ALONG WITH ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΙΔΕΑ! MOST OF THEM ALL, RESTORE GLORIOUS CONSTANTINOPLE, WHICH IS OF RIGHTFUL GREEK CLAY! NEVER FORGET THE PONTIC GENOCIDE!!! REMOVE KEBAB FROM PREMISES GREECE+SERBIA+KURDISTAN+ARMENIA=KEBAB IS KILL! GO BACK TO CENTRAL ASIA & MONGOLIA AND LIVE AS NOMAD IN THE STEPPE AND PLAY YOUR STUPID THROAT SINGING!
• Μακεδονία - Why are you copying one of my region's names? You are gonna have to change that!
• Γερμανία - STOP COLLECTION MY DEBT, YOU FREAK!! GIVE ME MORE LOANS!!! I NEED EUROS!!! GIB GIB GIB GIB
• Anti-Zionist TikTok Girl - HOW THE HELL DID YUO THINK THAT MY FLAG IS THE ISRAELI FLAG?! OUR FLAGS DON’T EVEN LOOK THE SAME EXCEPT FOR THE COLOURS! Yuo don’t even know what you’re protesting against! And yuo cαme ripping down a strand of little Greek flags, shouting about "genocide" and "killing the children". How stupid do yuo have to be to not knowing the flag of the country you’re protesting αgαinst? I'm calling the police! Disgrace to civilization.
• Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο - You did stole the our ancient artifacts, that means we can take yours too!

Πως να ζωγραφίσω (How to draw)

Flag of Greece

Greece has a drawing rating of easy.

1. Draw a ball.
2. Draw 9 stripes.
3. Colour the top, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth stripes blue.
4. Colour the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth stripes white.
5. Draw a blue square in the top left corner of the ball.
6. Draw a white cross in the blue square.
7. Add the eyes and your done!

Color Name		HEX
	Medium Teal Blue	#0D5EAF
	White	#FFFFFF

Στοά (Gallery)

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