A small country in the 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 Independence was fighting to rid itself of Britain & France's grasp, at the behest of Russia. It was the first nation to recognize Confederate Independence. One of the main PODs is that the 1770 Orlov Revolt is successful, & Greece is more aggressive to its neighbors in the Mediterranean (mainly towards Italy & Turkey), & wants to rid itself of the Allies that aided its revolution.