Greece (A Confederate Victory)

A small country in th extreme South-east of Europe, this nation has seen the rise & fall of many empires, culminating in Ottoman takeover, only to gain its independence 400 years later. Over the decades, Greece used both force by both diplomacy & the sword to take back the Italian Dodecanese, Turkish Eastern Thrace, Crete, & the Aegean Islands, & at the time of Confederate Independency was fighting to rid itself of Britain & France's grasp, at the behest of Russia. It was the first nation to recognize Confederate Independence.