While officially part of the Socialist German Republic’s Sphere of Influence agreed upon that in the Lithuanian Coup, the Soviet Union would support the former legitimate government, which partly had fled into Germany and the Soviet Union. The later parts were used together with exiled Socialist and Communist Lithuanians to form a new pro-Soviet Socialist/ Communist Government for a counter-coup, or to be set up in a later new Lithuanian people’s Republic Government either way. This way the reactionary chauvinism new government of the Lithuanian National Republic was denounced and the former, original one that had been democratically elected and was offered asylum in the Soviet Union. Across the Soviet Union propaganda for the democratic Lithuanian government and against the coup was spread and redistributed, a view shared not only by socialists and communists, but many others in the West and that made the Soviet Union seam much more acceptable because of this, showing it’s support for true democratic elections and the will of the people, not just their own, but those of their neighbors as well. Secretly Lithuanian Socialist and Communist rebels were even backed with material, not only words.
Newly introduced, or expanded upon were;
The Soviet of People's Representatives: This house will be responsible for representing the Soviet people as a whole. It's membership shall be elected in a direct, secret vote. It's total membership shall consist of the Cube Root of the Soviet population -543 with the current population of 160M- and shall be adjusted after each national census.
The Soviet of the Republics: As the name suggests, this house shall represent the Individual Soviet Republics. Each Republic shall have at least one member in the chamber as well as additional members of every 1/100 of the national population within. Like the SorPR, this number shall be adjusted with each national census.
The Soviet of Nationalities and Religions: This body would represent the various nations within the wider Soviet nation-state. Each ethnic and religious group would be represented by two representatives, one male and one female, to ensure no group is disproportionately affected by Soviet policy.
The General Labor Board: This body would represent the various labor unions of the Soviet workforce. Each union would be allotted a number of representatives based on their percentage of the working population and would be largely responsible for advising and reviewing government economic policy. While each labor union also would have their separated sub-branches, the shared overall board would become vital for planning new Five-Year-Plans and the overall development of the Soviet Union in the future and in general.
Atop these institutions would be the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, comprising of:
The Soviet of the Union; elected by universal, direct and secret ballot by all qualifying electors
The Soviet of the Nationalities, Religions and Republics; chosen by the legislatures of the various constituent autonomous nationalities and religious groups.
The Soviet of Labor ;chosen by the labour unions from the different Strategic Economic Regions
With the Soviet Union rebuild and accepted once more on the European stage of diplomacy more widely, they began to interact and invest more with other nations aboard, especially the by Central and Western European standards backwater Balkan region, as it proved a good opportunity to expand the influence and presence of the Soviet Union in the area, by aiding in the buildup of infrastructure, agriculture and industry, which would allow the Soviet Union to bind local economies to the USSR, in places like Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and even Turkey. In exchange, hard currency, like cash and gold had to be paid to the Soviet Union for it to supply such projects and legions of labor forces to sheep prices that often even undermine local ones by far. The country of Albania had practically no industry, the country's potential for hydroelectric power is virtually untapped. Oil is the country's main extractable resource, proving to be an opportunity for the Soviet Union to invest into agriculture, industry, as well as construction of bridges and roads. Also we could invest into irrigation canals and building of new port could be also considered. In Romania, a staggering 72% of Romanians were engaged in agriculture in 1919, making it an ideal local investment. The Romanian peasantry is among the poorest in the region, a situation aggravated by one of Europe's highest birth rates. Farming is primitive and machinery and chemical fertilizers almost unheard of, which was why the Soviet Union would invest into Romania's heavy industry and buy locally produced finished goods, which would be beneficial for both states, as Romania would get money and USSR would import finished goods of all kinds produced in Romania.
In one of the poorest countries in Europe, Bulgaria with backward agriculture and very weak industrial sector, the Soviet Union saw a great opportunity to develop both industry and agriculture, which would be ideal to escape from backwardness and into modernity, with the USSR itself being a great example of such a path successfully taken. In theory the government is not friendly to the Soviet Union, but we as one of the only country which was willing to help Bulgaria develop and escape poverty, in contrast to the West which doesn't care about Bulgaria at all, the Bulgarians were left with little other options. In Greece, a country that lacked a modern agriculture, but the main point of interest in Greece was its shipping industry for the Soviet Union, which is quite well developed, but we could invest really into it and make good economic deal with Greeks, as volume of trade between USSR and the West will only grow further so both countries could gain a lot by cooperating. After the War Turkey's industry and agriculture recovered remarkably once hostilities ceased. From 1923 to 1926, agricultural output rose by eighty-seven percent, as agricultural production returned to pre-war levels. However Turkey still suffers from outdated agriculture, a weak service sector and equally weak industrial base, so this became the Soviet Unions main points of interest. While a potential trade deal can be made, as the Soviet Unions rapidly growing economy will be an attractive trade partner for Turkey, which will make their economy stronger. As a result of that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was willing to make this decision if it would secure the economic growths and border stability of the Soviet Union and Turkey alike.
One of the most major states to cooperate with the Soviet Union on the Balkans was Yugoslavia, which while the current government was not super supportive of the Soviet Union, several, Serbian, Yugoslav and Southern Pan-Slavic movements and groups were eager for further cooperation and in some chases even to become a part of the Soviet Union, as the Balkan encompassing Yugoslav SSR. Three-quarters of the Yugoslav workforce is engaged in agriculture, while internal communications are poor, as damage from the Great War had been extensive, and with few exceptions agriculture is devoid of machinery or other modern farming technologies. Manufacturing was limited to Belgrad and the other major population centers, and consisted mainly of small, comparatively primitive facilities that produced strictly for the domestic market. The commercial potential of Yugoslavia's Adriatic ports went to waste because the nation lacked the capital or technical knowledge to operate a shipping industry. This was why the Soviet Union decided to invest extensively into agriculture, industry sector, infrastructure and coastal sector, into ports and similar things. While Soviet-sponsored factories would produce finished goods and would pay taxes to the government, which would give them a big income source, the Soviet Union at the same time would buy finished goods produced in Yugoslavia for lower price than in the West, a win-win situation for Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union,
The monarchies of Bulgaria and Romania, as well as their growing nationalist ambitions were not so easy to please, despite being honorable constitutional monarchies that allowed the socialist and communist parties operate freely and fairly like all others, something that was also true of Albania. Meanwhile things with the two rivals that were Greece and Turkey were complicated to say the least, as both had territorial ambitions against one another, while also the Kurds were supported by the Soviet Union for their very own nation state alongside the Armenians, to either join the Soviet Union, or act as local allies and puppets to spread socialism and communism in West Asia and the Middle East. At the same time the Soviet Union was uncertain of local greedy capitalists, landlords, kings, queens, aristocratic nobility, tyrants and dictators, who might want to steal the money and profits of the local farmers and workers for their own ambitions and plans.
