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OGAS was an attempt, or more accurately one of a series of attempts, to create an information network similar to the Internet in the Soviet Union. However, the network, which would have been aimed at assisting central economic control, drew the ire of Vasily Garbuzov of the Ministry of Finance, who refused its funding, eventually leading to the project's shutdown in 1972.
What if Garbuzov had not been so jealous about it and had actually authorized funding? What would a fully-developed OGAS look like? What ramifications would it have on the Soviet Union?