Our form government is the same
If I've got it right, the land area of Greece includes 2,000 islands, only a few are not inhabited. Check it if I'm wrong.
Settling disputes
Deborah is known among the "judges" of Israel. That designation included the sort of dispute-settling we would think of as the role of a judge, but also more general leadership. The Bible book of Judges records the activities of these leaders of the Israelite people during the days before they had a king.
it is called sovereign state