Nation/Byzantianna
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| Motto: Life in youth and beauty | |
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| Region | Coalition of Democratic Nations |
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| Capital | Escona |
| Official Language(s) | Byzantinian |
| Leader | Basilissa Helene IV |
| Population | 54,000,000 aprox. |
| Currency | Drachma |
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Geography and Climate
From the coast on the Indian Ocean, the low plains rise to central highlands. The highlands are bisected by the Great Rift Valley, with a fertile plateau lying to the east.
The Byzantine Highlands comprise one of the most successful agricultural production regions in Africa. The highlands are the site of the highest point in Byzantianna and the second highest peak on the continent: Mount Caspia, which reaches 5,199 m (17,057 ft) and is the site of glaciers.
Byzantianna's climate varies from tropical along the coast to temperate inland to arid in the north and northeast parts of the country. The area receives a great deal of sunshine every month, and summer clothes are worn throughout the year. It is usually cool at night and early in the morning inland at higher elevations.
The "long rains" season occurs from March/April to May/June. The "short rains" season occurs from October to November/December. The rainfall is sometimes heavy and often falls in the afternoons and evenings. The temperature remains high throughout these months of tropical rain. The hottest period is February and March, leading into the season of the long rains, and the coldest is in July, until mid-August.
History
The First Great Migration (140-132 BCE)
Early in the Roman occupation of Greece in mid 2nd Century BCE, mass migrations of oppressed Greeks to the unconquered successor states of Alexander the Great happened throughout the region. A vast amount of these came from many of the largest city-states such as Athens, Thebes, Sparta and Corinth. A large group, calling themselves the Followers of Julia, escaped to Egypt by fleeing along Anatolia and down the coast of the Mediterranean.
Safe from the tyranny of the expanding Roman Republic, the Vestes settled temporarily in Ptolemaic Egypt. They peacefully integrated themselves into Egyptian society, primarily along the banks of the lower Nile River, near Alexandria.
The Second Great Migration (31-28 BCE)
After the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE, the war between Octavian and Marc Antony angered the Followers of Julia. As Octavian closed in on Alexandria in 30 BCE, the Vestes fled up the Nile River by the thousands, taking many Egyptians and expatriated Greeks with them. They continued south in modern day Sudan and Ethiopia before settling along the Kenyan coast.
Despite losing thousands in the heat of the Sudanese desert, the Followers of Julia picked up many indigenous followers along the way. When they arrived on the Kenyan coast, there were nearly thirty-thousand migrants of various races and cultures.
