Nationstates Name: Chewion
Nation Name: The Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics
Capital: Moscow
Territory: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia
Population: 300 Million
Official Language: Russian
Recognized Languages: Ukrainian, Belarusian, Uzbek, Kazakh, Armenian, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen, Georgian, Azerbaijani, Romanian
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USSR AnthemHead of State: President Maksym Kozytskyy
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Head of Government: Prime Minister Garry Kasparov
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Legislature Name: Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each): UUP controls both.
The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics is made up of two chambers.
The lower chamber is the Soviet of the People and is made up of 500 Deputies with each deputy representing roughly 500,000 citizens in their own Supreme Soviet Electoral District. They are elected on two-year terms. Unlike many other parliaments, the Soviet Prime Minister or any government ministry head, does not need to be an elected member of this body. The SP elects a Chairman of the Soviet of the People who performs a similar role to the Speaker in a Westminster system.
The upper chamber is the Soviet of the Republics and is made up of 100 deputies with 10 Senators for each Republic. Senators are elected by their respective Republic level parliaments and are given five-year terms on an alternating basis so that 50 Senators are up for replacement or re-appointment every 5 years. The Vice-President of the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics is the presiding officer of this chamber. All former Presidents are also made non-voting Senators for life after their time as President and as long as they are not seeking or elected to another office or the Presidency again.
GDP Nominal: 7 Trillion USD
GDP Nominal Per Capita: $23,333 USD
GDP (PPP): 10 Trillion USD
GDP (PPP) Per Capita: $33,333 USD
Currency: New Soviet Ruble
Domestic Policy Overview/Challenges:
Reducing ethnic strife: With such a large nation with so many different people groups, tensions exist. Although better than in the past, the government in Moscow must always keep ethnic tensions in mind when ruling the USSR.
A Large nation also carries a diverse set of needs: In line with the ethnic strife issue, there is the issue of such a large nation having diverse needs even just from a geographic standpoint. Trying to make everyone happy is no easy task.
Corruption: While much better than IRL, corruption still exists, especially at a Republic level. While the central government operates fairly well, the same reforms have not been as widely implemented for the Republic level and local governments.
Foreign Policy Overview/Challenges:
The Cold Tug of War: While the Cold War proper is over, there is now a new tug-of-war between Washington and Moscow. With each side striving to gain influence and friends across the globe in geostrategic regions.
The Great Chill: The actions of past administrations in Moscow and Washington has left relations strained and thus impacted the wider Soviet relationship with many parts of the West.
A Glimmer of Hope: There is a growing desire from the younger generation to see better relations with Washington and the wider West but to do so in a way that preserves Soviet independence and global influence.
Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here):
Soviet Ground Forces
Soviet Aerospace Forces (Includes the Airborne and Strategic Missile Forces)
Soviet Navy
Soviet Cyber Forces
(Soviet National Guard and similar groups are not reflected in this and bear a similar size and composition to irl Russia)
Active Duty: 1.35 Million
Reserve Duty: 1.5 Million
Total Manpower: 2.85 Million
Tanks: 8,000 (Not including vast stores of older early Cold War tanks)
AFVs: 34,000
SPA: 3,200
Towed Artillery: 4,210
Rocket Projectors: 2,734
Fighters: 1,355
Dedicated Attack: 1,212
Transports: 998
Trainers: 500
Special Mission: 220
Helicopters: 2,242
Attack Helicopters: 595
Aircraft Carriers: 3 (active) and 3 (reserve)
2 Ulyanovsk Class
1 Admiral Kuznetzov (1 in reserve fleet)
2 Kiev class ships upgraded similar to the INS Vikramaditya. (Reserve Fleet)
Battle Cruisers: 5
Cruisers: 12
Destroyers: 26
Frigates: 16
Corvettes: 32
Submarines: 92
Patrol: 55
Mine Warfare: 32
Other Military Information: The Soviet military underwent extensive modernization programs since the '90s resulting in a larger portion of military equipment being more modern and less outdated than the IRL Russian Armed Forces. The USSR also maintains the largest nuclear arsenal.
Military Changes:
The Su-T-60 bomber continued on to completion in the mid-1990s and eventually replaced all but a handful of Tu-22s.
The Yak-141 likewise was not canceled in 1991 and went on to enter full production and service with the Soviet Armed Forces with modernizations occurring over the years.
The Mikoyan Project 1.44 was accepted by the Soviet Government in 1995 and entered service in 1998 with the Soviet Air Force under the name MiG-32.
The USSR’s first nuclear supercarrier, the Ulyanovsk, completed construction and entered service in 1998. The second planned ship, named the Silayev, starts construction soon after and enters into full service in 2010 which sees the eventual transfer of all carriers besides the Ulyanovsk class ships and Admiral Kuznetzov into the reserve fleet.
Project 187 completes and enters production and service as the T-92.
Buran space shuttle is not shelved and goes on to see active usage for decades with two more shuttles, the Groza and Uragan respectively, being made in the 90s and usage as well by Sovcosmos. A fourth shuttle, the Grom, was built and used exclusively by the Soviet Space Force as a military delivery vehicle. All four are still in use after modernization programs in the 2010s.
Development of the Su-75 started in early 2010 with the first batch of 24 entering service in 2020. A carrier-based variant was also produced.
The Su-57 entered service in 2018 with there currently being 52 in service and dozens more delivered every year with an initial goal of 124.
Alliances (If different from IRL):
The Global Security Organisation
History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP):
1985-1988: After the death of Konstantin Chernenko, Ivan Silayev becomes leader of the USSR. Recognizing the need for reforms, he starts a slow and meticulous reform process. First freeing up personal freedoms of religion and gradual economic freedoms like what the PRC had embarked on and continued these for the next few years while also slowly placing steadfast allies into positions of importance.
1989: The Afghan-Soviet war comes to an end with the USSR ever increasingly needing to focus on itself internally. The Berlin Wall falls and negotiations on German reunification occur like real life.
1993-1995: War in Chechnya breaks out and is met by a clumsy response by Moscow. This serves to help bolster the reformers’ power and influence. In 1995, a coup plot is discovered when the plotters approach the Defense Minister, Igor Rodionov and KGB Chairman, Vadim Bakatin. The two men, secretly part of the reform camp, alert Silayev and move to crush the budding coup. Successfully doing so, they then embark on a campaign to clean out hardliners from power.
1996: As the Chechen war finally come to a close following agreements signed that saw Soviet federal troops removed from Chechnya. The horrible management of the war by the older establishment Generals and the bloody fighting that resulted in the needless deaths of soldiers and civilians resulted in large internal and external backlash. Harnessing this momentum, Silayev launched a massive reform of the Soviet military and security apparatus under his new Modernizatsiya (modernization) program which saw the positions of Defense Minister and KGB head require confirmation from both houses of the Supreme Soviet and be filled by civilians. In addition, many of the older top Generals, put in place largely owing solely to connections and loyalty to the old Communist Party, were forced to retire making way for a younger and more professional generation to fill their spots. In addition, a multi-year reduction of the overall military size, particularly the navy, was launched with conscription being ended and replaced with a volunteer-based military. These reforms all but finished the hardliners grip on any power.
1997: Silayev, moving through a few more reforms like creating the post of President of the Soviet Union as the most powerful spot, retires and Grigory Yavlinsky moves from the post of Vice-President to that of President. As political reforms start in earnest, the Baltic nations push for autonomy. After reaching a deal with Moscow, they are granted independence in November as a collective group of three. The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved as what remaining members decide their own paths, while most had slipped away in the years prior when Moscow was focus internally.
1998: Democracy is introduced at a Republic level for the first time and Communist Party rule ends in most republics. In addition, the second, and fully completed Kuznetzov class carrier, was not sold to a Chinese buyer and was instead placed in the reserve fleet.
1999: Late in the year the Second Chechen war erupted like in our timeline. Much like in our timeline, this time around the Soviet military acted swiftly and effectively.
2000: By the end of May, President Yavlinsky announced the ending of combat operations in Chechnya. However, insurgency still remained a problem.
2001: Democratic elections are announced to take place in 2002 for the Supreme Soviet with Presidential elections to follow in 2004. Azerbaijan and Moldova both negotiate for independence but agree tor emain in the Soviet Sphere and newly created GSO alongside Mongolia, Macedonia, and Serbia.
2002: Riding high on the success of his economic, political, and societal reforms, President Yavlinsky announced that we would election, instead of throwing his support behind the then-current Prime Minister of the Russian Republic, Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov who was seen as a champion of the Reforms. In a last blow to the old system, President Yavlisnky officially leaves the Communist Party and founds the Soviet Social Democracy Party, who go on to win a massive majority in both chambers of parliament.
2003: In a joint public address in Geneva, President Yavlinsky and the U.S. President announce that the Cold War is over.
2004: Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov wins in a landslide and is backed by another massive win for the SSDP in parliament.
2005: Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov is inaugurated as the first democratically elected leader of the Soviet Union. Immediately, he gets to work diversifying the economy and the Soviet Federal Government creates three tech hubs to attract the budding tech market. Those being Minsk, Tbilisi, and Vladivostok.
2007: President Luzhkov roles out a new economic package that sees increased investment into the manufacturing industry. Alongside this, a new focus is given on infrastructure in all the Republics and a Trans-Union Highway System starts construction alongside a modernization of the national rail system.
2008: As the global recession hits, the Soviet economy slows but is thankfully able to avoid a recession itself.
2009: President Luzhkov wins reelection but by a smaller margin. Likewise, the SSDP retains a majority in both houses but by a lower margin. President Luzhkov is chastised by conservatives for doing little to push back as NATO expands Eastward.
2010: Rallying the Conservatives and frustrated moderate SSDP members, Russian Republic Premier Sergey Viktorovich Chemezov, launches the United Union Party. By the end of the year, the Soviet economy again started to grow at above 2% again. The UUP become the second most powerful party in parliament in both houses the first year they run, removing the SSDP from an absolute majority and forcing them to form a first ever coalition government with minor center to center left parties.
2012: In a massive shift, the UUP is able to gain an absolute majority in both houses of parliament as public backlash against further NATO expansion and the belief that the SSDP is too cozy with the West grows. By the end of the year, the USSR had launched the first segment of the MIR 2 space station, signaling an independent return to orbital operations for the USSR.
2014: In the bi-decadal Presidential election, Sergey Chemezov wins in a landslide being bolstered by a UUP supermajority in parliament.
2015: As President Chemezov takes office, he announces a shifted focus of modernization programs towards the navy which had taken a back seat to the Army and Air Force, the latter two both seeing massive success with the program. The hallmark public optic victory of this was the updating and modernization of the USSR’s chief carrier, the Ulyanovsk. On an economic front, President Chemezov starts pushing for the idea of the USSR as an ideal middle man for trade between Europe and Asia, putting large investments into the Central Asian republics. In space, the final segments of the MIR 2 station were added in orbit, regular manned missions commenced. Cooperation increases with Israel as the USSR seeks to diversify its connections in the region.
2016: President Chemezov starts taking a more provactive tone with the West and particularly with Washington, decrying advances against the Soviet Union and a lack of mutual respect towards the Soviet Union. The defense budget is increased to 3% of GDP.
2019: President Chemezov announces that he will not run for reelection, citing health concerns. Instead, he supports his Vice-President, Alexander Beglov for the position. Vice-President Beglov goes on to win the Presidency while maintaining the UUP supermajority in parliament as most political scientists reclassify to a dominate party democracy.
2020: President Beglov takes office and immediately increases the rhetoric against Washington. Starting flights off the coast of Alaska in June. In October, President Beglov announces that the Soviet embassy to Israel would move to Jerusalem.
2022: President Beglov withdraws from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty unilaterally and announces that Washington seeks the destruction of the Soviet Union at all costs. The increasing erratic behavior by President Beglov starts a movement inside the UUP to keep him from running again.
2023: Plans are announced to land the first Soviet Man on the moon by 2025 as the USSR reveals plans for its own version of Artemis which had been in the works for nearly a decade.
2024: The movement is successful and President Beglov announces he will not seek reelection but refuses to back a candidate. After much anticipation, then Ukrainian Republic Premier Maksym Zinoviyovych Kozytskyy, is selected as the UUP candidate. Premier Kozytskyy is seen as a rising star and a member of the more rational wing of the UUP. He goes on to win the election and maintains a UUP majority in the parliament.
2025: January 10th is set to see Maksym Zinoviyovych Kozytskyy sworn in as Soviet President.
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