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I was reading a story the other day where the author apparently had Gorbachov’s New Union Treaty succeed, resulting in U.S.S.R. becoming looser and allowing more autonomy for its member republics (as the author put it, the republics could have any system of internal government they want). The author had – get this – Mozambique and Ethiopia join the U.S.S.R.!

Now, the story is a sci-fi story and the events I describe serve as only background for the setting, not the main focus of the plot. I doubt the author put a lot of thought into this particular point and was mainly interested in creating a Space-Filling Empire.

But this made me think: if U.S.S.R. was to become less centralized, would other nations want to join it for economic reasons? If so, which nations and would Moscow accept them? What are the chances that U.S.S.R. could become something like a more centralized European Union – a union of nations with their own internal politics and policies but common currency, defense and foreign policy. And finally, is there any chance, however small, of African nations joining U.S.S.R.?
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