User blog:Mr.Xeight/Forum for the Federation of Greece in the Universe of 1983:Doomsday

Well, Gentlemen, it seems like a new era of Greece is approaching; I say we make it a damn good one.

Let's start out with the history.

The Confederation was formed in 1994 when diplomats from the Delian League (the collection of various islands whose population was so small that it was able to effectively be a true-democracy in a throwback to the old democracy to the pre-Roman Era of Greece, which is also rather ironic) gathered together diplomats and for the sake of survival they formed a loose confederation which tightened over time. In fact, Hellenic nationalism and Byzantine and Ancient Greek-Revivalism are making quite the comebacks (it makes sense, these second-generation survivors are looking to the glorious past for comfort). Let me give you guys a short little intro to each state.


 * The Delian League-Tries the hardest to keep the states together, bleeding-heart and most liberal of the Federation.
 * The Theocratic-Republic of the Holy Mountain-pretty conservative, not concerned much except for keeping Orthodoxy and traditional-values alive in the post-apocalyptic world. Pretty conservative and the nation that gives the most to welfare and does the most missionary and humanitarian work of the states.
 * Despotate of the Moreos-Easily the most sinister of the states. It was founded when neo-nazis started to seize power by playing on the fact that the West got them into this mess, and globalization and minorities got their ancient homeland destroyed. They're pretty imperialistic, which is why there's a Libyan state affiliated to the Fed. They care not much for the outside world, so while they like to impose their will on weaker parts of the Mediterranean, they try not to get involved with other nations, especially when humanitarian effort is involved. Fortunately, contact with the outside world and different Greeks moving into Greece have weakened the hold of the Golden Dawn Party on the state and the Moreos is becoming gradually less and less fascistic. They're about conservative as you can be. They've been able to hide their evil deeds from the non-Greek world so-far, but some politicians from the other states know about their old, nefarious activities.
 * Hellenic Republic-When Athens was bombed, the government's base-of-operations was moved to the Island of Crete. They're pretty much a continuation of the Republic, so the politics and economic policies are widely the same as OTL Greece.
 * Kérkyra-Basically a survivor republic. They have a lot of refugees from Italy, Sicily, and Albania, thus they're the most diverse of the states. Most people just barter on the island, only in the major cities is currency issued.
 * Republic of the Dodecanese Islands-Pretty much the same as Kérkyra. They had a pretty good population increase over the years, and the excess population was sent to the Turkish coast for room.

I'm planning on in a few years for the Federation to become a single state, and a constitutional monarchy being the chosen form of government (increased nationalism and Byzantine/Ancient Greek revivalism going strong). How the monarch will be chosen, I don't even know.

Now you all have tons of ideas I've noticed, and BoredMatt laid a ton of knowledge upon the talk page of Macedonia, so their might be a few Northern Greek states as well. I also want to expand on the island of Zante (or "Zakynthos" to you foreigners, but in reality that's only the name of the island's capital), so we all have our work cut ahead of us!

Let the gentlemanly discussions begin!