Greece
via the Wikimedia Commons Location : Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean Seas; between Albania and Turkey Capital : Athens Area : Over 130,000 sq km; 97th biggest in the world Slightly smaller than Alabama Highest poin t: Mount Olympus Religion : 98% Greek Orthodox Population : Just over 10.75 million; 81st largest in the world Names of Some of Their Political Parties : Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow Golden Dawn Popular Orthodox Rally Three Main Foreign Relations Issues, according to the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs : Turkish challenges to Greek sovereignty in the Aegean Sea Legitimacy of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Naming dispute of Macedonia ( see more here ) Sources: CIA World Factbook , Wikipedia Within the last two year or so, it seems like most of the news out of Greece has been the economic crisis in Europe and a lot of angst over the Euro. In schoo