Phoenice

The Kingdom of Phoenice, commonly known as Phoenice, is a sovereign state, parliamentary democracy, and constitutional monarchy located on the Eastern Mediterranean coast between Lebanon and Israel. It achieved independence from Britain in 1941, and is the only country in the Middle East with English as its official and native language. Phoenice was named after the Ancient Roman Province of Phoenice, which was named after the historic region of Phoenicia. Officially, Phoenice is considered as a European country, and is a member of the European Union. It is also affiliated with the Green Protection Agency, an alliance of states wishing neutrality, helping it maintain its internal national security and stability, away from the wars of the Middle East. It is often compared to Switzerland. Phoenice is largely affected by British culture and traditions due to it being an English colony for more than 1000 years, before its independence.

England's County of Tyre and the Third Crusades (~1200 AD)
During the Third Crusades around 1200 AD, England successfully controlled the city of Tyre and announced it as an independent county, similar to the counties of Tripoli and Jerusalem. However, after the Muslims retook the Levant, Tyre remained under direct English rule after it survived the Great Siege of Tyre, a 2 year siege by the Muslims on the English controlled County of Tyre. This lead to a peace treaty to be signed by both parties recognizing Tyre as English territory.

Early Ottoman Era
During the Ottoman era, Tyre suffered many sieges where the Turkish attempted to conquest it but failed due to the strong English fortification of the city. Later, the Ottomans acknowledged that Tyre is British territory and refrained from attacking it.

World War I
However, during World War I, due to Britain declaring war on Turkey, Tyre became an important strategic location for the British to give supplies to the allies in the fighting against Ottomans. Later, after the defeat of the Axis, and the Turkish retreating from the Levant, and after France declared the French Mandates of Lebanon and Syria, Britain also declared Palestine and Iraq as British Mandates, without including the County of Tyre, considering it British land (or colony).

Declaration of Independence of Phoenice
However, with the increasing demand of the citizens of Tyre to create a state of their own, affected by the independence movement in the Levant of countries like Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, the Parliament of Tyre voted unanimously for the declaration of independence of Tyre from the United Kingdom under the name, the Kingdom of Phoenice in 1941, and elected Edmund I of Tyre as the first king of Phoenice.The declaration was conducted with the cooperation of the British High Commissioner of Palestine, the French High Commissioner of Syria and Lebanon, and HM the King’s Deputy to the County of Tyre, although the proposal of independence that was proposed by the Governor of Tyre to the British government was delayed for more than 7 months. After the official declaration, Britain, France, the United States, and many other countries recognized the Kingdom of Phoenice as a sovereign state. In the constitution, which was placed with the consultation of the government of Britain, its borders were expanded, after agreement with France.

Under King Ryan I of Tyre
After his death in 1996 (aged 92), his son, Ryan I of Tyre was placed to the thrown (aged 23 at his coronation).

Organizations

 * Green Protection Agency
 * European Union
 * North Atlantic Treaty Organization - NATO
 * United Nations