Why is Russia split in three? Also, why is China balkanized?
Russia is divided after World War II, into a Czarist, a Red and a Democratic (blue) nation.
Also, why is China balkanized?
During the civil war after the fall of Qing, then there followed a warlord period, and Red Japan used the opportunity to divide China up into fellow communist nations.
Of course we can debate whether Russia should be three nations, or more or less, and we can debate how and in how many parts China shall be spit. However, I do plan to have a Libertarian Socialist (orange) China and an Agrarian-Syndicalist (Pink) China.