Thramea

Thramea (Thracian: Trameos), officially the Kingdom of Thramea (Thracian: Vasílos tos Trameos), also known since ancient times as Thrace (Ancient Greek: Θρᾴκη, Thrāikē) is a country located in southeastern Europe. According to the 2016 census, Thramea's population is around 11.4 million. Constantinopolis is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Adrianopolis, which is commonly referred to as the co-capital.

Thramea is strategically located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. Situated on the eastern part of the Balkan peninsula what we call Thracian Peninsula, it shares land borders with Greece to the west and Dacio-Bulgaria to the north, while sharing borders with Turkey through the Dardenelles and the Bosporus Strait. Thramea consists of two main geographic regions: West Thrace and East Thrace. The Aegean Sea lies to the southwest of the mainland, the Black Sea to the northeast and the Sea of Marmara to the south. Because of this, Thramea managed to get a large amount of coastline in the basin of the Aegean Sea.

With its relations to Ancient Greece and Ancient Persia, Thramea has one of the longest histories of any country, and is considered an important part of Western civilization. The territory of Thrace was originally controlled by the Persian Empire at its greatest extent, while during Alexander the Great they joined the Alexandrian Empire and took on the Persian Empire itself. Before 4th century BC, the Thracians did not have any political organisations, but during 4th century BC, the Odrysian Kingdom was founded. In 168 BC, after Macedonia became part of Merucia, Thrace also became its tributary, and on 46 AD, it lost its independence and turned into a Merucian province (Meruka provinca Thrakia), while after the fall of the Western Merucian Empire, it became on of the themes of the Byzantine Empire (which was originally called Eastern Merucian Empire). Falling under Ottoman dominion in the mid-15th century, the modern nation state of Thramea emerged in 1780 following a war of independence.

Thramea is a democratic and developed countr with an advanced high-income economy, a high quality of life and a very high standard of living. A founding member of the Earth Congress, Thramea was the twelfth member to join the European Communities (precursor to the United European Union). It is also a member of numerous other international institutions, including the Council of Europe, Atlantic Military Organization (AMO), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), WTO and the OSCE. Thramea's unique cultural heritage, subsequently large tourism industry, and prominent shipping sector classify it as a middle power. It is the second largest economy in the Balkans, where it is considered as an important regional investor.

Etymology
The word "Thramea" is a new form of the word Thrace, with the word abbreviated to "thra", and similar to Crimea, the -mea ending was given to it. When Thramea gained independence, the founding King of Thramea, King Constantine I declared that the nation's name will be Thramea instead of Thrace, but as there was no declaration why did he change it. After he died, no one could understand, but there are speculations that as much things changed culturally in the Thracian region, he wanted Thrace to gain a new, unique identity to associate itself with.

As for the original name, "Thrace", the word itself was established by the Greeks for referring to the Thracian tribes (which is one of the reasons for speculations about the name change), from Ancient Greek Thrāikē (Θρᾴκη), descending from Thrāix (Θρᾷξ). The name of the continent Europe first referred to Thrace proper, prior to extending its meaning to the whole continent. The region obviously took the name of the principal river there, Hebros, probably from the Indo-European arg "white river" (the opposite of Vardar, meaning "black river"), according to an alternative theory, Hebros means "goat" in Thracian.

Mythology
The name appears to derive from an ancient heroine and sorceress Thrace, who was the daughter of Oceanus and Parthenope, and sister of Europa.

Historical names

 * Kingdom of Thrace
 * Province of Thrace
 * Theme of Thrace
 * Vilayet of Adrinople
 * Republic of Thramea

Alternate names

 * Thracian Kingdom
 * Kingdom of Thrace
 * Kingdom of Eastern Greece
 * Kingdom of Constantinople
 * Eastern Country of Wine