Russia

**Russia**, officialy the **Russian Federal Republic** is a trans-continental country spanning the continents of Europe and Asia. It is the second largest country in the world by area only behind Greatland. Russia's vast landmass stretches across Eastern Europe and most of Northern and Central Asia, Russia shares land boundaries with 8 different countries. It is the fourth most populous country in the world and Europe's second most populous country behind Greatland. The country's capital and largest city is Moscow. Novosibirsk is Russia's second-largest city and St. Petersburg was the former cultural center of Russia. Other major urban areas include Volgograd, Omsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Tblisi, Minsk, Tallinn, Vilnius, Riga, Nur-Sultan, Tashkent, Bishkek and Dushanbe.

After the collapse of S.F.R Yeetland, Russia emerged out of the dust of World War 5 as a weak and fragile state. It's politics was dominated by revanchists and radicalists, wanting to reclaim the old glory days of Yeetland and restore Russia to its former glory. This failed as after multiple wars, it was beaten down even further. This allowed the Socialist Party in Russia to rise to power and soon they were incharge of the country, reestablishing the Soviet Union. Under them, they improved relations with the West and reclaimed most of the former territories of the Soviet Union. After the 2119 Swedish Regime Crisis, the Russian government annexed Karelia and the Kola Peninsula. In 2123, the Karelia Purchase reverted the annexation and gave Sweden Karelia and Kola.

After the death of Premier Georgy Malenkov in 2126, Svetlana Alliluyeva would succeed him. She brought about needed reform for the Soviet Union and turned it into a full-fledged presidential republic, this brought Russia into an era of democracy with the country holding the title of most democratic country in the world til the present day. During World War 6, the Russian government surrendered after the nuking of Saint Petersburg. A Russian government in-exile was formed and successfully rose up in Siberia against the pro-UA goverment established in Russia after the surrender. With help from Greatland and Sweden, the resistance fighters in Siberia won and the pre-war Russian government was restored with no territorial losses.

In the 2140's, Russia experienced democratic backsliding as Claire Hale cemented herself as dictator of Russia. After the assassination of Claire Hale however, Russia returned to a liberal democracy under the leadership of the previously 4th president of Russia Alexandrya Cortez.

As of World War 7, Russia invaded and is currently occupying Ukraine after a Russian power plant allegedly got blown up by Ukrainian troops. Russia would later make a separate peace with Greatland and the rest of the World Treaty Organization, with Russia still occupying Ukraine as of 2157.

## History

### Aftermath of World War 5 & Economic Collapse

In the wake of the end of World War 5 and the collapse of S.F.R Yeetland, Russia emerged as one of the world's weakest, poorest and worst countries to live in. This was due to a combination of many things, particularly the economic collapse of the country and massive damages done to S.F.R Yeetland during the war. This immediate aftermath allowed right-wing extremists and missionists to rise to power in Russia, leading to even more devastating wars against other countries which they lost time and time again.

### Rebirth of the Soviet Union

*Main Article: Soviet Union*

With seemingly no party to turn to after the failures of the missionists and extremists, the people turned to the former socialist party who promised to fix the chaos and restore S.F.R Yeetland. The socialists would win the elections and bring about an era of totalitarian dictatorship in which they fixed the economy, improved relations with the West and got most of the land from the former Soviet Union back.

During the 2119 Swedish Regime Crisis, Russia annexed Karelia and the Kola Peninsula from Sweden, with the latter regaining it in the 2123 Karelia Purchase.

The new Soviet Union lasted for 16 years until the death of Georgy Malenkov and the succession of Svetlana Alliluyeva, she was a liberal-minded leader and made Russia a full-fledged democracy. This ended the Soviet Union and started the Russian Federal Republic.

### Russian Democracy

After Russian democracy was achieved, a new democratic government was set up as Russia was reorganized into a federal presidential republic. This new democratic regime would oversee several economic reforms, liberalizing and making the Russian economy a market one instead of a command economy. This would help Russia's economy to grow further. Although, rising tensions around the world were threatening to severe the thread of peace that had been kept for over 26 years.

#### World War 6

With the beginning of World War 6, Russia would side with the World Treaty Organization against the Ultimate Alliance. Russia would prepare to go to war but after the nuking of St. Petersburg by Germany, Russia was forced to surrender as it feared another nuclear strike by the Germans. Russia was split into 2 camps, the Russian Interim Goverment which sided with the Ultimate Alliance in the war and the resistance fighters which were still loyal to the republic and kept on fighting in Siberia. The war would take a devastating toll on Russia as millions of lives were lost and the Interim Goverment continued to be pushed back. With a combined offensive from Greatland, Sweden, Ukraine, S.F.R Yugoslavia and the Siberian Resistance Fighters, the Russian Interim Government were forced to surrender to the WTO. The Siberian Resistance Fighters took control of Russia after the war and turned it back into a presidential democracy similar to the regime before the war.

### Interwar Period & World War 7

In the period following World War 6, Russia would start recovering from the war as the economy entered a post-war peak. The emergency powers of the Russian Duma were also ended as a snap election was held in which Victoria Kuznetsov returned as President of Russia. It later invaded Poland together with Sweden during the Swedish-Polish War with Russia gaining Eastern Poland with Sweden getting the rest.

After the explosion of a tanker containing radioactive materials near St. Petersburg, radiation would spread into Russia and Sweden. Both countries would work together to contain the radiation and prevent a disaster like it from ever happening again. Incumbent President Markus Flowers later got sick from the radiation after visiting St. Petersburg and shortly died afterwards.

During the 2140's after a controversial change in the constitution was made where presidents were allowed to rule without a set amount of terms, radical democratic backsliding occured as the 2131 Russian Constitution was suspended and a dictatorship was proclaimed under 7th Russian President Claire Hale. During the reign of Claire Hale, millions of foreigners were deported from their lands due to the 2140 Russian Security Act with most of them seeking refuge in neighbouring Sweden or China. Political oppression was also at an all-time high since the times of S.F.R Yeetland, with parties like the Enderist Party being banned. These actions by Claire Hale received wide international backlash, with Greatland sanctioning Russia and Yugoslavia purging pro-Russian figures aswell as banning the Marteist Party. One notable nation who never took action against Russia despite their democratic backsliding was Sweden and her European puppets of Germany and Poland, this was due to the Swedish-Russo Defensive Treaty, massive improvements of relations following World War 6 and the Swedish population boom from all the foreigners getting deported from Russia. Important government members and former presidents were also purged, contributing with cementing Claire Hale's dictatorship. Claire Hale was later assassinated and shortly died on July 28th 2143 however, this ended the period of democratic backsliding and saw the restoration of the 2131 Russian Constitution by the 4th president of Russia Alexandrya Cortez.

After the rule of Claire Hale, Russia returned to a full-fledging democracy as the De-Haleification process began to remove Claire Hale from everything and anything. Duma elections were also held which saw the Socialist Unity party gain the most seats with 120. All prisoners that were imprisoned during Claire Hale's administration were also released during this period.

After Ukraine allegedly attacked a Russian nuclear power plant, The Russian government would declare war on Ukraine. This would pull the World Treaty Organization into the war against Russia as this marked the official start of World War 7. Russia managed to make quick ground, knocking out Ukraine of the war aswell as launching massive invasions into Turkey and Iran. Russia would later be able to secure a separate peace with Greatland and the rest of the alliance, Russia also agreed to helping Greatland against the African Union in the war.

### Modern Day

In the Modern Day, Russia stands as the third strongest country in the world, only behind China and Greatland, this is thanks to the liberalization of the nation and the transformation of it's economy from a command-based economy to a market economy. Russia is also considered the most democratic nation on Earth due to its liberal and free constitution.

It has the second largest army in the world behind Greatland and the third largest navy in Europe behind Sweden and Greatland. The nation has recovered greatly ever since the collapse of S.F.R Yeetland 51 years ago, having been able to pull itself back onto the world stage as a global superpower after due to the rebirth of the Soviet Union reclaiming most of their former lands and the liberalization of Russia in the years following 2126.

The country also holds alot of leverage over Europe and Asia, being able to project it's power all across the continents and even the globe. This leverage is best seen in Sweden, where the Nordic Great Power relies on good relations with Russia to continue upholding their status as a great power on the world stage.