Is it ASB for Siberia (or at least a substantial portion of it) to never be controlled, at least until far later than OTL, by any sort of state authority? Perhaps ending up a bit like OTL Antarctica as far as respected (for the most part) terra nullius?
I can imagine this happening with a weak/puppeted/fractured Rus in the west and an isolationist China to the east other states like Persia and Tibet might go north a bit but I'm not convinced they could go far. Is it plausible that a arrangement like this could lead to a Siberia that is never truly controlled/conquered until 1900, at the earliest?
I'd love to hear what more educated folk think.
I can imagine this happening with a weak/puppeted/fractured Rus in the west and an isolationist China to the east other states like Persia and Tibet might go north a bit but I'm not convinced they could go far. Is it plausible that a arrangement like this could lead to a Siberia that is never truly controlled/conquered until 1900, at the earliest?
I'd love to hear what more educated folk think.