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[Short] Name of State: Russia
Native Name of State: Российская империя
[Complete] Name of State: The Empire of all Russia/Russian Empire
Flag/Banner/Seal: имперский флаг
Герб
Матушка Россия
Русский медведь
Head of State: Tsar Nicholas III
Territory: Minus Finland and German territories.
Claimed Territory: West Galicia and an increasingly large group claiming Poland should be returned to Russia once again.
Protectorates, Vassal States, etc: The Mongol Khanate.
Alignment or Alliances: The Russian Empire currently has an alliance with the Alaskan federation and her protectorates of Mongolia in the Bering pact.
Other Foreign Affairs of Note: Outside of it's alliance with Alaska, Russia is a fairly isolationist state generally only acting in Self-defense or in defense of what it considers it's sphere of influence. This policy has kept Russia out of many affairs in order to focus on it's internal status. Now however Russia has started to support the Slavic nations and groups of the world and it now looks at the Hapsburg realm with vary eyes.
Government
Type of Government: Federal parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Head of Government: Prime Minister Dvoynev Miroslav Ivanovich
Ideologies: Liberalism, Isolationism, Social Liberalism, Classical Liberalism,
Economy
GDP Expectation as of 2035: 5,3 trillion
Main Exports: petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, metals, wood, agricultural products, machinery, Iron, Steel, weaponry, consumer gods and a wide variety of manufactured goods
Main Imports: pharmaceutical products, semi-finished metal products, iron, steel, Vehicles, aircraft, Machinery
Other information:
Population and people
Population: 302,000,000
Main National Culture: Russians
Accepted Cultures: Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Belorussian, Finnish,
Cultures: Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Azerbaijani, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Belorussian, Kazakh, Uzbek, Mongolian, Finnish
Cultures scapegoated, or just asking to be scapegoated: None but Austrians are starting to get a bad reputation in Russia.
National Language(s): Russian
Recognized Languages: Ukrainian, Belorussian, Finnish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Polish, Georgian.
Minority Languages: Turkish, Turkmeni languages, Kazakh language, Mongolian and Chinese.
Main religion(s): Eastern Orthodoxy
Minority Religions: Catholicism and Islam
Military
Ground Forces: The Imperial Russian Army is the largest branch of the armed forces standing at 1,1 million active and 1,5 million reserves. The army is a well trained, well oiled and well equipped machine that has a long history from the days of the Grand Duchy of Muscovy. The army is the core a very mechanized force and equipment while up to par with it's more western counterparts are built with reliability and performance in mind with the standard infantry man using the AK-74M but with the introduction of the new AK-103 the Russian army is starting a program to replace the aging 74. The MBT of the Russian army remains the T-90. The army is also supported by one of the worlds most extensive and effective railroad networks and logistical capabilities.
Naval Forces:
The Imperial Russian Navy numbers 240,000 men and is one of the worlds premier navies with training being very good. The navy is however considered second to the army and is supposed to support the army in it's actions against the enemy. It has 2 Air craft carriers, 12 cruisers, 22 destroyers, 10 frigates, 80 corvettes, 55 submarines, 34 counter-mine vessels, 26 landing ships. The navy thanks to it's support role is however a rather inexperienced force not having fought a real war for long.
Air Forces:
The Imperial Russian Air force is the smallest branch of the armed forces and has 190,000 active servicemen as well as 543 active front-line fighter jets, 580 strike air craft, 140 bombers and 230 transports. The Air Force is a well trained but somewhat inexperienced force having seen little conflict in the last few decades yet the training and morale of the force remains high.
Other
History: On 26th of December 1825 the Russian army was to swear fealty to Tsar Nicholas I. three thousand soldiers and officers refused and put forward their claim that Constantine was to be Tsar with a new constitution. The situation was tense and it looked like Tsar Nicholas I new rule would start with a bloody revolt yet a General and war hero named Mikhail Miloradovich who was a sympathizer with the revolters and their plot managed to make a parlay between the revolters and the Tsar. After much debate both sides reach a compromise, Tsar Nicholas I would remain Tsar but a new constitution as well as the institution of the State Duma with Tsar Nicholas I's power being reduced.
The next years of rule for Nicholas would be seen as a period of liberalization of Russian politics as well as the liberation of the serfs 1828 which would be the seen as the highlight of Tsar Nicholas I's rule. Poland and Finland would also gain increased autonomy inside of the Empire. The reforms would however bring much resistance from the aristocracy and there where constantly rumors of plots and planned coups and an attempted coup 1845 would only serve to unite Russia's liberals against the resistance of the reforms as the coup failed. The liberation of the serfs 1828 would however bring a new problem as the large amounts of newly free serfs found themselves not knowing what to do with their new found freedom and many would end up moving to the cities, Siberia and even to the Alaskan colony in hopes of a new start and work. This made the government start develop a railroad system in 1835 in order to transport the people and labor around the country. The rising number people traveling to live in Alaska would start a new interest in the colony and Russia would start a new project to colonize east and south into the Americas. 1828 Russia would once again get into conflict with the Ottoman turks and once again defeat them on the battlefield.
The Revolutions of 1848 would bring new problems into Russia as while the revolutions did not spread into Russia they would bring about an disagreement between the Tsar and Duma on how and if Russia should intervene eventually resulting in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas I in favor of his son Alexander II. Tsar Alexander II's rule would be seen as one of peace and development with the navy seeing a major expansion together with the start of the Industrial revolution in Russia. The economy would flourish during this period as the Russian industry grew to match it's European counterparts all while being fueled by the large resources and manpower of Russia. In 1869 the beginning of a new ambitious project starts in an effort to truly connect the entirety of the Russian empire with the trans-Siberian railway. The massive project would take years but would finally be finished 1879 with Tsar Alexander II and the Prime Minister being the first ones to ride it. The continued conquest and expansion into central Asia would continue as well with rapid success and in 1881 another Russo-Turkish war would start ending in a Russian victory.
In east Asia Russia would buy outer Manchuria in 1857 from the Chinese while starting to assert influence to the Korean Kingdom. The Russian influence would help Korea westernize while Russia continued the expansion and modernization of it's society and Siberia. In Europe the industrialization would go on with rapid speed making Russia increasingly modern and powerful and the rise of Pan-Slavism in Russia would determine where Russia would stand when the Great war broke out. The Pan-Slavic sentiment in Russia would make it get increasingly hostile towards Germany and Austria as nationalists and pan-slavics demanded that all of Poland and Slavic territories of the two German dominated empire to be given to Russia resulting in an Franco-Russian alliance.
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The treaty of Danzig would see Russia lose Poland, Finland, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin and Turkmenistan. Despite this Russia was not broken as a great power and instead Russia went inwards looking at the internal issues and essentially abandoning the idea of intervention outside of self-defense and in defense of Russian allies. This would start the isolationism that was the key mark of Russian politics at the time and is best described by the politician Durov Konstantinovich who famously said "Russia is a world on it's own." The period would see Russia being rebuilt and regain her strength but not her confidence. Russia would however continue to make contributions to the world such as in the famous space race where Russia would be one of the major players.
Russia's economy would also suffer from the great war but recover by 1934 and the Russian industry and economy would rise to new heights becoming one of the main powers of the continent yet Russia's isolationist policy would keep it back. The Russian military would also become smaller and more advanced weaponry and tactics based around a potential war in the wast plains and forests that made up most of Russia's still wast empire where made. The Russian military would be involved in very few conflicts during this period with the exception of the short Mongol conflict of 1965 and the Korean and Persian border conflicts.
Russia's long isolationist policy would however not stand for ever as in 1996 the Soyedinennyye Slaviya (United Slavia) party was elected into the Duma. The party with it's interventionist and pan-slavic ideals have radically shaken things up in the Duma and with the death of Tsar Alexander IV because of declining health in 1998 and the ascension of Tsar Nicholas III who rumor has it is Pan-slavist and favours the United Slavia party it seems like the Russian bear will finally awaken from it's hibernation and take it's rightful place as the true superpower of Eurasia.
TBC list: Potentially add Russian intervention in alternate Napoleonic wars,
Russia and Alaskan independence.
Any other things you might want to note: This can all be changed so please point out things.
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