The Yankee Dominion: A Map and World Building Project
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Wouldn't a nationalist czarist regime want to isolate and stigmatize the out-group in this case say Muslims? Push then away from economic access like OTL plantations and import other Slavs to settle and do the work? I dunno, but it would be interesting to have a 'small' Kazakh state more in line with the other central Asian peoples.
I mean when the Czar was still around and the region was under Russian control. In a similar way to Kaliningrad, Moldova, various parts of the Ukraine, and host of other post-soviet regions in OTL, policies can alter the demographic makeup on the ground. So when region gets independence, it can't realistically claim areas that it lacks a demographic basis to, without provoking a reaction. But hey, its just a suggestion.
ST15RM
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Eehh. I'm gonna put the OTL Russian majority areas to Russia and the southern areas to Kokand and Bukhara.
like this. This would be smaller than their original territory.
ST15RM
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Putin never gets into politics. He doesn't. Also, there are no oligarchs. So it's basically a OTL US-style federal democracy.
Russian Federation:
Population: 274,835,935 (basically they have had steady growth since the 1920's and no population decline, due to receiving immigration from different corners of the world (in particular from former and current communist countries), in particular, Africa, the Middle East and Central and Eastern Asia, that consistent growth has helped, also on plausibility, its possible, the U.S population was around 106 million at the time and we know how big it is now).
HDI: 0.89
Gini: 0.36
GDP Per Capita: $37,547 (Nominal), $40,755 (PPP)
Largest Metropolitan Areas:
Population: 274,835,935 (basically they have had steady growth since the 1920's and no population decline, due to receiving immigration from different corners of the world (in particular from former and current communist countries), in particular, Africa, the Middle East and Central and Eastern Asia, that consistent growth has helped, also on plausibility, its possible, the U.S population was around 106 million at the time and we know how big it is now).
HDI: 0.89
Gini: 0.36
GDP Per Capita: $37,547 (Nominal), $40,755 (PPP)
Largest Metropolitan Areas:
- Moscow - 34 Million (Largest metro area in mainland Europe and one of the largest in the world, the economic and political hub of Russia)
- Saint Petersburg - 20 Million (second largest metro area in mainland europe and Russia, the area of Saint Petersburg-Vyborg-Helsinki-Talinn is home to 27.5 million people and spans three countries)
- Novorsibirsk - 12 Million (largest metro area outside of Western Russia)
- Akmola - 10 Million (A major city of importance, became very important to the Russian economy, the centre of 'Asiatic Russia', home to a very big East Asian minority (in particular, Manchurians, Koreans, Mongols and Japanese dating back from the 30's and 40's) as well as being home to a large amount of central Asians.
- Yekaterinburg - 8 Million (The largest city in the Urals, a major tourist destination and economic hub in its own right and the main entry point to those accessing the major ural mountain ski resorts.
- Samara - 7 Million (Largest city in the south of the country, the Samara-Ufa-Kazan megaplex accounts for around 18 million people and spans 200,000 sq km's)
- Kazan - 6 Million
- Makhachkala - 5 Million (Largest metro area in the Caucuses, home to the largest middle eastern minority in the country and home to around half of the Arab-Russian population as well as home to most of the Afghani Russians)
- Ufa - 4 Million
- Nizhy Novogrod - 3.5 Million
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As for Politics:
List of Parties in the Russian Federation:
(Note: All Parties have gained more than 5% of the vote with the rest not making the 5% threshold)
Government:
Yabloko (Centre to Centre-Left) - Liberalism, Economic Liberalism, Pro-Europeanism, Green Politics, Green Liberalism, Third Way, Progressivism
Founded: 1993
The largest party in Russian politics since the late 90's and have formed the leading party in the coalition since then. They also have an environmental streak, significantly moving away from traditional forms of power generation and moving towards renewable energy. They've been responsible for Russia turning into the major producer or Hydrogen and Electric cars
Coalition Partners:
Social Democratic Party of Russia (Centre-Left to Left-Wing) - Democratic Socialism, Social Democracy, Pro-Europeanism
Founded: 2001
Caused from the split of the Communist Party by the more moderate forces and those who were more progressive in their views socially within the party. A very standard Social Democratic Party for the most part, other than its economics being a bit more staunchly in favour of heavy state interventionism.
The Spring (Left-Wing) - Green Politics, Green Socialism, Eco-Socialism, Environmentalism Feminism, E-Democracy, Direct Democracy, Left-Wing Populism
Founded: 2005
Spring are a relatively minor party (getting 8% of the vote at the last election) but are very popular amongst Russia's youth, advocating green politics much like Yabloko but are further to the left. They are also advocate feminism, e-democracy and direct democracy as well as being rather populist in nature. The Party was formed from the merger of the Russian Ecological Party as well as other left-wing parties leading to its current iteration.
Opposition:
Communist Party of Russia (Far-Left) - Communism, Marxism-Leninism
Founded: 1993
The major opposition party within Russia. They suffered a significant blow in 2001 however when the Social Democratic Party formed. They still remain the 2nd largest party in the State Duma and got 23% of the vote at the last election (2nd to Yabloko's 30%). They advocate a lot of socially conservative policies themselves whilst advocating for a more socialist economic model.
Fatherland (Centre-Right) - Liberalism, Economic Liberalism, Social Conservatism, Fiscal Conservatism
Founded: 1998
The major party on the right in Russian politics and the third largest in the country. After the dissolving of Our Home, most of the members joined the Fatherland Party. Economically the party ranges from economic liberals to fiscal conservatives as well. The party is sometimes referred to as a big tent on the right.
Agrarian (Centre-Left) - Agrarian Politics, Agrarian Socialism
Founded: 1993
The major rural party in Russia, the party is primarily concerned with rural issues and is usually one of the top 3 placed parties in Rural Russia.
Rodina (Far-Right) - Russian Nationalism, National Conservatism, Anti-Immigration, Hard Euroscepticism , Right-Wing Populism, Social Conservatism, Economic Nationalism
Founded: 1998
The Far-Right force in Russia. Initially had formed in 1998 as nothing more than a regional right-wing populist party but has really grown since the dissolving of the Liberal Democratic Party, with most of the hard right members joining the already fast growing party in 2009.
List of Parties in the Russian Federation:
(Note: All Parties have gained more than 5% of the vote with the rest not making the 5% threshold)
Government:
Yabloko (Centre to Centre-Left) - Liberalism, Economic Liberalism, Pro-Europeanism, Green Politics, Green Liberalism, Third Way, Progressivism
Founded: 1993
The largest party in Russian politics since the late 90's and have formed the leading party in the coalition since then. They also have an environmental streak, significantly moving away from traditional forms of power generation and moving towards renewable energy. They've been responsible for Russia turning into the major producer or Hydrogen and Electric cars
Coalition Partners:
Social Democratic Party of Russia (Centre-Left to Left-Wing) - Democratic Socialism, Social Democracy, Pro-Europeanism
Founded: 2001
Caused from the split of the Communist Party by the more moderate forces and those who were more progressive in their views socially within the party. A very standard Social Democratic Party for the most part, other than its economics being a bit more staunchly in favour of heavy state interventionism.
The Spring (Left-Wing) - Green Politics, Green Socialism, Eco-Socialism, Environmentalism Feminism, E-Democracy, Direct Democracy, Left-Wing Populism
Founded: 2005
Spring are a relatively minor party (getting 8% of the vote at the last election) but are very popular amongst Russia's youth, advocating green politics much like Yabloko but are further to the left. They are also advocate feminism, e-democracy and direct democracy as well as being rather populist in nature. The Party was formed from the merger of the Russian Ecological Party as well as other left-wing parties leading to its current iteration.
Opposition:
Communist Party of Russia (Far-Left) - Communism, Marxism-Leninism
Founded: 1993
The major opposition party within Russia. They suffered a significant blow in 2001 however when the Social Democratic Party formed. They still remain the 2nd largest party in the State Duma and got 23% of the vote at the last election (2nd to Yabloko's 30%). They advocate a lot of socially conservative policies themselves whilst advocating for a more socialist economic model.
Fatherland (Centre-Right) - Liberalism, Economic Liberalism, Social Conservatism, Fiscal Conservatism
Founded: 1998
The major party on the right in Russian politics and the third largest in the country. After the dissolving of Our Home, most of the members joined the Fatherland Party. Economically the party ranges from economic liberals to fiscal conservatives as well. The party is sometimes referred to as a big tent on the right.
Agrarian (Centre-Left) - Agrarian Politics, Agrarian Socialism
Founded: 1993
The major rural party in Russia, the party is primarily concerned with rural issues and is usually one of the top 3 placed parties in Rural Russia.
Rodina (Far-Right) - Russian Nationalism, National Conservatism, Anti-Immigration, Hard Euroscepticism , Right-Wing Populism, Social Conservatism, Economic Nationalism
Founded: 1998
The Far-Right force in Russia. Initially had formed in 1998 as nothing more than a regional right-wing populist party but has really grown since the dissolving of the Liberal Democratic Party, with most of the hard right members joining the already fast growing party in 2009.
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ST15RM
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Vladivostok is not part of Russia. it’s part of a trans-Amur state. Sorry bout that mistake
If Russia becomes a Democracy, then its because the Czarist regime falls. Right now Russia History is:
Czarist Regime Pre-1870 -> 1870 Weak Liberal Industrial Republic formed following German Invasion -> New Czar Authoritarianism following a loss in Imperialist War (WWI analogy) -> Probable new Democracy following the limited multi-polar Cold War of the 20th century.
Russia probably ends up as a Presidential system if we are going this route, taking after Colombia. Multi-Parties locally/in Duma, but they all end up endorsing 2-3 main contenders for the presidency. And even though there is no Oligarchs, there will always be some corruption that comes from ruling a country that crosses seven time zones and has a complex history around who wields power.
I also have a late Christmas gift to reveal tomorrow/today/in a number of hours...
Czarist Regime Pre-1870 -> 1870 Weak Liberal Industrial Republic formed following German Invasion -> New Czar Authoritarianism following a loss in Imperialist War (WWI analogy) -> Probable new Democracy following the limited multi-polar Cold War of the 20th century.
Russia probably ends up as a Presidential system if we are going this route, taking after Colombia. Multi-Parties locally/in Duma, but they all end up endorsing 2-3 main contenders for the presidency. And even though there is no Oligarchs, there will always be some corruption that comes from ruling a country that crosses seven time zones and has a complex history around who wields power.
I also have a late Christmas gift to reveal tomorrow/today/in a number of hours...
I think they'd end up as a parliamentary democracy to be honest just based on the fact that their are very few presidential republics i can think of besides France in Europe.
Edit: never mind, america isn't that far off, though it does look really similar to France)
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Ok do we have a clearer map of what Russia looks like (in particular the far east and the asian part).
alright then is the darker stuff at the top territories/ republics or a seperate nation altogether. Same for the bottom (I mean if they're territories Astana could feature instead Along with some other central Asian cities).
ST15RM
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Hang on, this is more accurate.
The darker stuff is meant to be equivalent to otl republics.
I mean sure, perhaps it goes by Akmolinsk or Tselinograd since it is majority Russian. Besides that, the central asian states are independent.
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