Greco-Turkish Empire

The Greco-Turkish Republic is a relatively large nation located in Eastern Europe and Asia (Asia Minor).

History
The history of the modern republic starts around the 1950s and the Third Balkan War. After the war, the Dardanelles Territory came under multiple-nations rule. Turkey and Greece began to form an economic and military aliiance. In 1963, a Free-trade agreement was adopted, and open borders were instituted. In 1966, the Greco-Turkish Lira was adopted as their new currencies, replacing the Turkish Lira and the Greek Drachma. In 1968 talks for unification begin and go on for several years. In 1970 the talks were finally concluded. On April 13, 1971 (Unification Day) the countries were united politically. The new capital was to be Athens, and they would continue to use the Lira. In 1972, they were one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement of nations. Since then, they have not been involved in major military conflicts.

Politics
The Greco-Turkish Republic is a republic with a President and a Prime minister. There are 7 national parties, as well as 26 regional ones. The country is very conservative, but they are major social spenders.

Foreign Relations
The Republic tries to maintain good or neutral realtions with nost countris.

Military
Unlike many countries in the middle-east, the Republic does not have a large military. It's most important force is the navy, used to patrol the long coastlines. They also operate 12 antique warships as part of the ceremonial fleet. The standing army is only 50,000 people, but it can call up more people in times of war. It has no air force, and most of it's defense would be carried out by Europa in the unlikely case of a war.