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With the Russian SFSR not falling along with the rest of East Asia, and being bolstered with investments from China and South Korea, the Baltic states became increasingly fearful of another Russian invasion and thus decided to form a military, economic and political union unprecedented in modern history by the late 1990s, leading to further integration of the EU itself and the beginning of the Japan-Taiwan Union. Currently the Baltic United States is one of the few ex-Communist states that have successfully "recovered" from its rule; its GDP per capita is comparable to Norway and Sweden. Its recent humanitarian aid mission into Communist Russia has raised hopes of better relations between Russia and ex-Communist states in Eastern Europe, but only time will tell.
What if the BUS never came to lead Eastern Europe in economic and social development, along with movements of federalisation around the world? How would have the world come out from the fall of Communism? How would have Russia fared in this scenario?
Here's a pre-Union map of the Baltics:

(OOC: POD is your choice. Russia has remained Communist, while retaining its Central Asian SSRs. North Korea has become traded for more cash from South Korea.)
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