Eurasian Union

The Eurasian flag

### Interesting Fact

The Eurasian Union was only led by one leader officially, that being Alexander Dugin. After his death in 2053, he was replaced with a fake artificial intelligence while the militarists took over.

The **Eurasian Union** was a union of states comprising the former lands of Russia, Belarus, much of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The Eurasian Union was formed after the victory of the Russian Federation in World War 3 and the proclamation of it's establishment by its then leader Alexander Dugin. It was one of the main combatants in both the 3rd and 4th world wars alongside China, before falling apart in the final months of the 4th World War.

## Ideological Roots

The roots of the Eurasian Union can be traced back to the writings of its eventual first leader, Alexander Dugin in the doctrines of Eurasianism. Dugin imagined the world to be divided between 2 competing worldviews, the unipolar, universalist "Atlanticist" civilization, whose core was in North America and the Anglo states, and the multi polar world order, best represented by the "Eurasianist" civilization.

Dugin believed that the unipolar world was a system which only served to extract wealth from the non-Atlanticist regions of the world to benefit the corrupt ruling elite of the Atlanticists, and that a worldwide coordination to resist Atlanticist rule was needed to break the unipolar order, and restore the world back to it's normal multipolar world order. The originally ideology asserted that each civilization evolved as a unique adaptation to its natural environment, and thus any arguments about "universal values" were largely meaningless.

These ideas, which were in opposition of the liberal universalist values of the West, fell on open ears for many people in Russia. Drawing on several other Russian thinkers and combining them into one ideology, Dugin gained continuous popularity in the lead up to his takeover of United Russia in 2027. Following the unexpected death of Vladimir Putin in 2027, Eurasianists then seized the opportunity to take over the United Russia Party, and create a new government in their image.

## Pre-Eurasian Russia (1991-2027)

In one of the earliest points of departure from our own timeline, Boris Yeltsin was far more capable and undergoes less market reforms in the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, resulting in less economic collapse of the Russian economy during the turbulent period of the 1990's. As a result, by the 2020's in the leadup to the Great Unravelling, Russia is considerably demographic stronger but also economically stronger than it was in our own timeline. Putin was elected President of Russia in 1999, much like in our own timeline, and was able to navigate a somewhat stronger and more robust Soviet Union.

Russia had annexed Crimea around 2014, provoking outrage from the international community and getting sanctions placed on the Russian state. There is evidence that in 2022 Putin turned down plans for a full invasion of Ukraine. He ruled that due to the current state of the Russian military, as well as existing economic sanctions already hurting the Russian economy, that Russia could not afford another costly war, nor could he afford to have the Russian economy suffer even more attrition to Western sanctions. This decision greatly angered Alexander Dugin, who demanded Putin take offensive action against the Ukrainians. Already an influential politician in this timeline, Dugin would begin building his own power base, using increasing discontent against Putin's administration between pension cuts, and supposed weakness towards the West to persuade supporters to his side.

Putin's health continued to weaken and decline across the 2020's, potentially due to some kind of covert operation by Dugin's Eurasianist faction. After Putin's death in 2027, Dugin was able to take control of Russia and begin mobilizing for total war against the West. Without the motivating factor of the Ukraine War, on top of economic strain of 2022, the West and NATO in general were far more fractious and weak than in our own timeline. The era of Neoliberal Globalism was coming to an end, as countries like France and Hungary left NATO, and nations like Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey collapsed under the weight of their own internal struggles.

## Eurasianist Russia (2027-2039)

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## Structure

Eurasianist society was segmented into a vertical hierarchy, based determined by perceived loyalty to the Eurasian Party. The leader, also known as the Executive Party Director, sometimes called the Vozhd, was the head of Eurasianist Party, and de-facto leader of Eurasian Union. They were the person who gave orders and coordinated the day to day running of the Eurasian Union. Their successor is usually appointed by democratic vote within the high ranking positions of the Eurasianist party after the director’s death, though the word of the previous director holds enormous sway among those in the party, and in practice is the deciding factor on who the new director is.

The upper class, also known as Party Members are a group of diehard loyal Eurasianists who are partially chosen by nepotism and partially by meritocracy. Children of party members are automatically inducted but may be kicked out for minor infractions or some covert means. As such party openings are constantly opening and the common person can join (though it is fairly rare) if they are shown to be very loyal and very intelligent, or if they move up into a high position in the state or the military. One does not apply to be a Party Member. One does not find them, they will find you. Once inducted, the party member will be granted high luxuries unafforded to most of the Eurasian population. Including a certain ability to operate above the law (so long as you don't directly oppose the Eurasian Party, or any of its members), luxurious food and drink (even by Western standards), big open flats and political favors. Of note is that these Party Members do not include the oligarchs of old, for they were purged early into the Eurasian Union's history.

Further out, you have a sort of outer party. Members of small businesses, factories, teachers, and any other minor positions of power are all required to have some level of loyalty to the party. As a rule of thumb, the more power an individual has in society, the more involved they are with the Eurasianist Party. The owner of a small business or a schoolteacher may be allowed to have no real political opinions so long as they do not express active opposition to the Eurasianists. The owner of a large company or major religious figure must be ideologically aligned and loyal to Eurasianist causes. The further out a person is from the levers of power, in general the less surveillance they will be subject under. Street cameras do exist in Eurasia, but one's home will be mostly fine. Most apartments are bugged, though it is not deemed worth the effort to bug every single tent and shack. Despite this, many suspect Eurasia is still listening, even if one believes their home is safe, as there are rumors of microscopic drones surveilling one's every move, and the Secret Police has a habit of knocking on those who start complaining too hard.

Weekly nationalist rallies known as “the National Address” is the only form of news the average Eurasian has access to. All other forms of media are banned, including newspapers, television and internet. This makes records hard to come by and makes it easier for history to be retroactively changed, as the only methods of records available are either pencil and paper, or memory. Only university students at Eurasia’s top universities may access a form of proto-internet known as the SET’ network, which is mostly used for academic purposes.

## The Secret Police

The paramilitary arm of the Eurasianist Party. Originally made up of members of the Eurasianist Party, it has been expanded as the Eurasianist Party gained power. Unlike the party in general, there is no way to join the Secret Police voluntarily. The Secret Police’s purpose is disappear those who have caused too much trouble for Eurasia, erasing their memories, and reprogramming them from scratch. They are a blank slate, wiped clean of any old prejudices they may have previously had, and indoctrinated to only know Eurasianism, to which only afterwards do they join the Secret Police themselves, becoming a part of those who arrested them. As such, the organization is strictly rigid, highly disciplined, and highly ideologically uniform. The Secret Police have been steadily growing in power, absorbing more members with every new person they arrest, then induct.

It is ultimately the only thing even the Eurasianist Party fears. Nominally, it’s controlled by the Director, though its leader does have power on their own right. Whether the organization is more loyal to Eurasia, or their own leaders is an open question yet to be tested. But so far, a power struggle between the two has not broken out. However, this does put pressure on the Eurasianist Party to not look weak, and to be ideologically extreme, or otherwise a dissatisfied Secret Police may take matters into their own hand. Following the collapse of the Eurasian Union post WW4, the status of the Secret Police are unknown, though reports still appear of them kidnapping civilians, assimilating yet more into their cause. It is believed that they are the ones behind the so called "Eurasian Shadow Government", an underground network of surviving Eurasianist officials that continues to conduct operations across the lands of Shattered Siberia.

## Ideology

Eurasianism checks many boxes of “Umberto Eco’s 14 Core Principles of Fascism”. Though they do not openly identify with Fascism and believe themselves to be “Eurasianists”. They are neither strictly traditional nor forward looking, while they believe in past glories such as the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, they are most focused on perfecting a pure, ideal “now”, as opposed to returning to some distant past, or pivoting to some glorious future. However, they are traditional on the subjects of religion, family and societal roles.

The primary focus of Eurasianism is the state. Similar to the idea of Thomas Hobbes’ “Leviathan State”, the Eurasian social contract is one where you give your obedience to the state, empowering it and making it ludicrously powerful, and in return, the state would be strong enough to protect its people, and give it the necessary standard of living. Capitalism and private enterprise are allowed to exist, but under the guise of helping the state.

Eurasianism is an ideology under constant siege mentality, which thrived by drawing a dividing line between Eurasian civilizations, and the rest of the world, engaged in a global plot to destroy Eurasia. Western Civilization, particularly “Atlanticist” Anglo-American civilization, are imperialist warmongers hellbent on dominating and controlling the world, and Eurasian civilization is the last bastion against total Western dominance. In Eurasianism, totalitarianism can be justified by a “Final War” against the West, in which Eurasian civilization will either be destroyed, along with Eurasian culture, and everything they value, or finally prevails against the West. As they are aware they will be fighting outnumbered, what they lack in material they must make up with in sheer will and ideological conformity, until the Eurasian people ascend into “supermen”, whose dedication is so great they become impervious to material harm.

Conformity is paramount, and any ideological disagreement can be brushed aside as “Western subversion” and is harshly punished in Eurasian society. Their racial hierarchy goes something like this. Eurasian Civilization is a distinct civilization which unites the great plains, steppes, taiga and tundra of the Eurasian heartland. This is the last true holdout against the relentless imperialism of the Western World, headed by the Atlanticist Civilization, who has by now consumed the rest of the known world. Originally, the other main holdout was identified as the Sino-Chinese civilization, which pushed back the West. They believed the Atlanticist mainly projected their power through the sea, as a mostly “thalassocratic” people, meaning Eurasia, isolated from the sea, was the natural place for a last holdout against the thalassocratic imperialism.

When World War 4 broke it, it was pitched as the “Final War”, one last existential struggle against the forces of the Western conspiracy against Eurasia. The initial invasion of America was just as much practical as it was ideological, with the capturing of the Mississippi being seen as the final settling of the scores against Western imperialism, and the destruction of the Anglo-American values by its roots. But as they began to lose the war, and the walls began closing in, many high ranking officers believed this to be the end and committed suicide rather than face the prospect of a completely Western dominated world.

Like many authoritarian regimes before them, the Eurasianists have a special theory on race. One's position in the racial hierarchy depends on how many of the features they check in a Eurasianist Venn diagram of purity. Those who check the most boxes are the most pure, and those who check the least are the least pure.

## Surveillance

Surveillance is widespread, though not universal. In urban areas, anywhere outside one's own house is usually bugged, while one is safer (though not totally safe) inside your own house. In general, it’s a rule of thumb that you should never risk it. Various informants are staffed in every neighborhood and apartment building, rewarded with extra rations in exchange for information. Those who are caught are usually humiliated on live telescreens, before disappearing, handed over to the Secret Police, or disappearing outright, if the Secret Police got to them first.

## Economy

Eurasia is almost monolithically obsessed with being an industrial economy, with a majority of its population being employed in manufacturing and industry. Almost all of the nation’s efforts go towards building and maintaining heavy industry with little going towards consumer goods. The state is utterly obsessed with production, in particular having enough to win the war with the West. Private businesses exist, but operate at the state’s mercy, large corporations are more often than not either state owned, or work closely with the state, usually with owner having deep political connections. As a result, standard of living in the Eurasian Union is rather poor, certainly by the definitions of the West, the Chinese Federation, or even some of its East European satellite states. However, most Eurasianists are driven not by materialistic comforts, but by a united ideological struggle, the fanaticism of which continues to keep them going.

## Religion

The Eurasian state religion was the "Black Church of Russia", a highly corrupted and bastardized version of Christianity which was edited to better fit in line with Eurasianist ideological doctrine. The Russian Orthodox church has gone into hiding, with the whereabouts of the last Patriarch unknown, with the church only resurfacing post-WW4, revealing that they had been acting without one for some time.