I'm wandering how Macedonia is dooing now under the thumb of Persia?
You'll find out a bit about them later on today when I finish up the Philhellenes update.
More or less, Macedonia is acting as any frontier vassal acts. It gives some tribute, adopts some Persian overtones, but otherwise behaves independently and can occasionally get involved in revolts and civil wars. The difference is its close proximity to the Greek world, making it more uniquely able to take on the trappings of both sides. This was ultimately what led to the rise of Philip and Alexander, since their army was a mixed form of Persian and Greek styles, and later Alexander found it relatively easy to adopt a more Persian overtone to his governance. The key difference between them is rather than an independent Macedonia by Alexander (the great grandfather) that was between two independent systems, it is an autonomous state caught between a Greek satrapy and the Persian empire.