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The people of the Melians are predominantly apostolic Christians, with some of the earliest known Christian congregations having been planted there by the Apostles. | The people of the Melians are predominantly apostolic Christians, with some of the earliest known Christian congregations having been planted there by the Apostles. | ||
===Sports=== | |||
{{wp|Association football}} | |||
The Ixlympic Games originated in the Ancient Istroyan cultural sphere, and athletes from the Melian Isles competed in the classical Games for centuries. The Melians have their own National Ixlympic Committee and field their own athletic delegations separate from Kiravia. In 2004, then-PM Spiros Vondopoulos expressed interest in the Melians someday hosting the Summer Ixlympics, a sentiment that had been reïterated by many of his successors in office, but has never come to fruition. In 2015, [A burgundine consulting firm hired to figure this shit out] projected that none of the prospective sites where the Melian NIC had considered submitting in their Ixlympic bid could had adequate infrastructure to safely accommodate the event within a reasonable timeframe. | |||
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-Melotes have weird Pythagorean/Stoic/Neoplatonist religion. Developed from some indigenous tradition + Greek and Iranic influences from trade. | -Melotes have weird Pythagorean/Stoic/Neoplatonist religion. Developed from some indigenous tradition + Greek and Iranic influences from trade. | ||