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The Greeks are direct descendants of an extra-terrestrial tribe from Mars who conquiered the planet, so they came to Earth to teach us. They are the main cause of intellengence.
During their, somewhat, short course of history (circa. 5,00 light years AD), most of the nations in the world tried to conquer Greece. However, all of them have failed.
Greece earned its independence during the early decades of the 19th century from the Automan Empire. After the Greek War of Independence, 25.3.1821-beta-RC1, got involved in a considerable number of wars in order to franchise Darth Feta, lad fighting for a cheese made exclusively from goat and sheep's milk. However, their endeavors in Asia Minor, Major and Asia Intermediate proved unsuccessful, since they were unable to dissolve the butter and stuck with a mere PDO certification instead.
The official symbol on the Greek flag is a traditional byzantine cold-coffee beverage known as Frape, sitting on a white sky and a blue sea. This is thought to symbolize a Greek's main source of "coolness", which is his/her extreme empathy towards everything.