User blog comment:Mr.Xeight/Forum for the Federation of Greece in the Universe of 1983:Doomsday/@comment-811633-20100816012553

It has extended into Mainland Greece thanks to the brilliant ideas of Oerwinde and BoredMatt. Now if I had to answer why, I would say the small-states on the Mainland would beg for protection from the warbands you mention, which would of course be a serious threat (and need to be mentioned in the article no doubt). Oerwinde posted some lovely maps on my page that you can see.

Diplomacy will be the factor that unites the satetlets; I don't even think biggoted Morea or the Hellenic Republic with its superiority complex would go to war with the other states.