Your Sparta analogy has a real-world example in Macedonia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Macedonia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Macedoni

Your Sparta analogy has a real-world example in Macedonia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Macedonia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Macedonia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_naming_dispute http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_naming_dispute "Citing historical and territorial concerns resulting from the ambiguity between the Republic of Macedonia, the adjacent Greek region of Macedonia and the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon which falls mostly within Greek Macedonia, Greece opposes the use of the name "Macedonia" by the Republic of Macedonia without a geographical qualifier, supporting a compound name such as "Northern Macedonia" for use by all and for all purposes" "..millions of ethnic Greeks identify themselves as Macedonians, unrelated to the Slavic people who are associated with the Republic of Macedonia, Greece further objects to the use of the term "Macedonian" for the neighboring country's largest ethnic group and its language. The Republic of Macedonia is accused of appropriating symbols and figures that are historically considered part of Greek culture such as the Vergina Sun and Alexander the Great"