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[[Incredibly Lame Pun|Greece is not the word.]] At least in Greek, where the country is called ''Ellada''. The formal title is the [[Awesome McCoolname|Hellenic Republic]].
Greece is a democratic state, member of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]] and famous for its history. As [[Ancient Greece]], it was the birthplace of democracy, [[The Spartan Way]] (or the [[Trope Namers|name source]]), Zeus etc., most of the [[Older Than Feudalism]] tropes still popular in Western fiction (okay, except for all the [[The Bible|biblical]] [[Ancient Rome|and Roman]] ones) and the [[Olympic Games]]. In the last case, they were competed naked.
Greece was at the heart of the [[Byzantine Empire]], who despite its distinct Hellenicity continued the traditions of Rome long after the western Empire had fallen, and was the birthplace of [[Orthodox Christianity]]. The Empire was defeated gradually by the Ottoman Turks, and the Byzantine capital is now known as Istanbul, from the Turkish (in turn from the Greek) meaning "the city" or "of the city".
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