Russia (Path of Humanity)

The Russian Federation is a country located in Europe and Asia. It is the second largest country in the world behind the Anglosphere, encompassing over 17 Million square kilometers. The country was home to over 140 million people at its peak, but has since dropped to 129 million in 2032.
Since 2000, the nation has been ruled by Vladimir Putin, who has established a warmongering strategy for what he deems to be a threat to national security. Russia's economy would collapse during the Russo-Ukrainian War, after virtually every western company left Russia and closed all of their stores due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Despite eventually coming out victorious, the Russians only took the separtist regions in Donbas and Crimea, causing people to make conparisions to the Winter War in 1939. Post-war, the Russian Ruble would become practically worthless, as a wave of hyperinflation started all across the country. Belarus and Kazakhstan would be annexed by Russia, but it was no use, as the country is an economical dead corpse that nobody works in.
The nation in 2032 has found itself isolated from the world, with only local companies working in Russia. With no Internet, no foreign goods and even foreign companies, the people lives in a state of utter gloom. Oligarchs are once again become more and more powerful, and as Putin ages, it's clear he probably doesn't have long left. This reign will end with a devastating civil war, unless something major is done.
== History ==
The Russians have definitely seen better days than they are in 2032. Ever since Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, he has turned Russia into a massively corrupt, authoritarian dictatorship with questionable elections. While this was concerning for the United States and the West, they remained on good terms with the Russians up until 2014, when the Russians invaded Crimea and funded separtists in the region of Donbas, forcing the West to implement sanctions against the Russians. After intense fighting in 2014 and 2015, the war died down by 2017 and for the next five years, Ukrainians and Russians just lived their lives as normal, not really even seeing themselves as being at war with another nation.
This attitude would be a massive mistake, when in 2022, the Russians began building up troops along the Ukrainian border. While the future Anglosphere warned everyone that Russia would invade Ukraine, virtually everyone else believed otherwise, thinking that it was nothing but a fearmongering tactic by the Americans. Then, on February 24th, the unthinkable happened. Sirens rang out in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Mauripol as over 100,000 Russian soldiers invaded Ukraine. The West quickly responded by imposing massive sanctions, with the Western World essentially cancelling Russia from everything. Whether is it football or banking, McDonalds or Coca-Cola, there is none left from this invasion. The invasion was brutal, and hundreds of thousands died in the ensuing chaos before the Ukrainians were able to agree an armistice with Russia. They were forced to reconigize the Russian soverignity in Crimea, as well as the annexation of the separtist regions. Ukraine itself stayed intact, and joined the EU in 2025, though not joining NATO to prevent another Russian invasion.
Post-war, Russia's economy would be in utter shambles, with the Ruble hyperinflating to an exchange rate of 10,000,000,000,000:1 (10 Trillion: 1) later that year. Banknotes became completely worthless, and Putin, trying ensure that the Ruble doesn't become disused, literally barred the Russians to even bring any foreign currency into the country, and shut down all currency exchange shops. This only made the situation worse, and soon, the Ruble has hit a whopping 1,000,000,000,000,000:1 rate in 2024. Later on in 2025, Russia would invade Georgia again, annexing the country directly in 2026. As a result, all Western Food Chains, seeing what was happening, just stopped working in Russia as they knew nothing could be done about it, beliving that Russia was a lost cause. Eventually, even social media services like Discord, Instagram and YouTube left Russia, after their servers became untennable to use.
In a desperate attempt to control the populace, Russia forcibly annexed Belarus and Kazakhstan, and all the while when citizens are starving, the oligarchs are eating whatever they like. This corrupt system is only getting worse and worse as the years go by, and a series of dissent clampdowns, assassinations and even the murder of Dimitry Medvedev in 2030 after he spoke out about why Russia is failing would prove that Putin is a literal tyrant as he grew older. The new European Federation have already closed their borders with Russian-controlled Belarus, and the dissent is not going away at all. Russia's famed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny eventually had enough of Putin, and taking the example of Juan Guaido in 2019, sworn himself in in front of hundreds of thousands of Russians, declaring himself as the acting leader of Russia. Putin can do nothing about this, as he knew that assassinating him will mean civil war. The attempt hasn't gone to plan, but with the backing of the EF and the USA, the presidency of Russia is truly now under dispute, and some even say that a civil war is about to start.
As Putin turns 80 in 2032, his health had declined, and he is beginning to look old and fraile, most likely as a result of him being the dictator longer than Stalin was. Russia, in a state of utter ruin with a worthless currency, an isolated intranet and a barely functioning economy, coupled with an overinflated military and even a rebel leader, not to mention the superpowers all seeding their influence in Russia, the country is sure to be steering into a civil war, ensuring the destruction of the very concept of "Russia" as a whole. The question is: When?
== Politics ==
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== Society ==
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