Republic of Thessalia

Republic of Thessalia Dimokratía tis Thessalías Δημοκρατία της Θεσσαλίας
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Motto: Στις ευημερούσες παλίρροιες Stis evimeroúses palírroies On prosperous tides
Anthem: "Thessalía eínai diásimos" "Thessalia Prestigious"
Capital	Akiathiros
Official languages	Thessalian,
Ethnic groups (2013)	89% Thessalay 11% Others
Demonym(s)	Thessalanian
Government	Unitary presidential republic
• President	Amphion Dimitriadis
Legislature	National Assembly
Formation
Population
• 2015 estimate	13,501,892
• Density	86/km2 (222.7/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2015 estimate
• Total	$481.391 Billion
• Per capita	$35,653
HDI (2015)	0.760 high
Currency	Minas
Date format	dd.mm.yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+98
ISO 3166 code	TE

Thessalia (Thessalian:Θεσσαλια), or officially known as the Republic of Thessalia (Thessalian:Δημοκρατία της Θεσσαλια or Dimokratía tis Thessalías) is a country located in southwest Estere on the Marenostro Sea sharing it's only land border with Beloladania to the north east. Thessalia spans south westward into the Central Marenostronian Basin and features around 3000 separately identified islands (of which 185 are inhabited), contributing to around 23% of the country's estimated land area.

Historically the Thessalian peninsula has been inhabited by various distinguishable civilizations, from the Ayekomos Peoples around 4000bc to the Late Scracian Empire in 300-500bc, as well as various Ladanic migratory tribes from Western Estere from the late 5th Century and has played host to a multitude of seafaring empires spanning the Marenostronian Coast, such as the Mhessarian Empire which was a consolidation of many smaller city-states. The Mhessarian Empire collapsed in the late 8th Century due to increasing cultural and territorial erosion from the Sassaric Kingdoms of the northeast, which in turn was absorbed by the Miakian Kingdom in the late 11th century due to a series of territorial conquests. Thessalia as it stands today was born from the fallout of the Great Beloladanian War, in which a Thessalian Independance movement, led by self-proclaimed King Kalionos Kyadones, overcame a significant military and economical disadvantage to establish the First Kingdom of Thessalisi, which eventually became the State of Thessalis in 1807 under the rule of King Mekanos III and finally the Republic of Thessalia in 1868 with the abdication of Queen Kairis II.

Geographically, Thessalia is split between a rugged mountainous northern section known as Upper Thessalia whilst the Lower Thessalia is significantly less rugged with more flatlands and floodplains. The Thessalian Islands which number at an estimated 3000, are spread over a large portion of the Central Marenostronian Sea with the largest, Khivonia being located closer to the N/A coast than it is to the Thessalian mainland.

Etymology

Derived from the Ancient Thessalian word θάλασσα or Thalassa literally meaning of the sea, the term was shared by the Ancient Thessalian spirit 'Thalassa' who was the primeval spirit of the sea, and was revered by merchant traders and sailors alike for providing fair sailing conditions. The term was spread around the Marenostronian Sea by Scracian Merchants and later, Mhessarian Seafarers, evidenced by the recovery of stone tablets from an excavation site on the island of Caeloros in 1905. The term was also spread into Estere by Ladanian Tribes, who intermixed with various city states on the peninsula and the Scracian Empire alike.

Politics

Administrative divisions

Thessalia is made up of 15 Administrative Regions (periochés) and further into 192 Municipalities (dímous), each Municipality is split further into counties (nomoi) making for a total of 3204 counties.

1. Apollonia
2. Thesporati
3. East Soudrassi
4. Skydra
5. Xanogios
6. Trebalon
7. Ivonnian Islands
8. West Soudrassi
9. Kastoria
10. Vseledonia
11. Central Thessalia
12. Khivonian Islands
13. Platanakia
14. Epirodon
15. Sikrios