Russia
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| Российская Империя
The Russian Empire | ||
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| Motto Съ нами Богъ! | ||
| Capital | Moscow | |
| Official languages | Russian | |
| Government | Absolutist Monarchy | |
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| Area | 22,400,000 km² (8,648,688 sq mi) | |
| Population | 186,537,800 (1422 census) | |
| Currency | Ruble (RER) | |
| ¹Official names of the Russian Empire | ||
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[edit] About the Russian Empire
The Russian Empire is a vast empire ran by a fiercely nationalist government, whose lands span several provinces on the continent of Luthier as well as the isalnd of Tovus, with it's capital in the Moscow province. It is founded to be the imperial beacon of hope to those wanting to leave the corruption of the rest of Galava's inferior empires behind them. Russia was created to be an idealistic society to be enjoyed by all, one where it advances forward to bring a better tomorrow to its people, and it's Tsar.
The Russian Empire is one of the largest Empires in Galava. It is centrally located in northwest Galava, on the continent of Luthier. It's immediate neighbor is The Rose Gold Empire. It is ruled benevolently by Tsar Venix Soyak II, after the Death of Peytr II.
It was founded by Soviet Sindorin on May 4th, after coming from the games Cybernations and Lunar Wars.
[edit] Culture of The Russian Empire
Subjects of the Russian Empire are segregated into sosloviyes, or social estates (classes) such as nobility (dvoryanstvo), clergy, merchants, cossacks and peasants. Native people of the Caucasus, non ethnic Russian areas such as Tartarstan, Bashkirstan, Siberia and Central Asia are officially registered as a category called inorodtsy (non-Slavic, literally: "people of another origin").
A mass of the people, 81.6%, belong to the peasant order, the others are: nobility, 1.3%; clergy, 0.9%; the burghers and merchants, 9.3%; and military, 6.1%. More than 88 millions of Russians are peasants.
[edit] Military Achievments of Russia
The Breif wars that the Russian Empire has been embroiled in can best be described as Short but victorious. The first recorded campaign was that of the Loyalist Wars, a fierce struggle by the Tsarevich and Successor to the Russian Throne, Tsar [[Peter The Great]. Peter's father was deposed by the Communist Forces that had usurped control of the Russian State and instated a form of Totalistarian Democracy based on what they believed in communism.
After several bloody battles, the forces of Communism were defeated and Tsar Peter The Great reinstated the Russian Empire and declared a golden age for his people. Shortly after this, a brief series of skirmishes against the Communists took place in the woods south of Kiev. Quickly supressing this threat, Peter I insured the continued stability of Russia.
In 1432, Russia's forces became involved in the first large scale war against the Papal States. After declaring the Pope to be heretical, Hypocritical, and anti-Christian, Tsar Peter the Great set out to destroy the threat from Pope James I once and for all. Forces from all over Galava flocked to the Russian Banner as the Russian and German Armies laid siege and set fire to the Vatican and eventually lead to the suicide of the Pope and surrender of the Papal States to the Russian Forces.
Shortly after this victory, a large Wall was constructed by Tsar Peter The Great and Finished by Tsar Ivan IV. The Great Wall was a combined effort from both Peter and Ivan, and was seen as the crowning achievment of both of their reign. It covers the West, South and Eastern Borders and is manned by several dozen Garrisons to respond to any threat seen from its walls.
Under the reign of Tsar Ivan IV, the Russian Empire expanded into the former kingdom of Frost Land, and then eventually spread to the eastern coast, nearly doubling the Empire in size. The Empire consolidated its gains, and when the rise for Peter the Second was set, a new war was on the horizon, against an old foe.
[edit] The Great Era
Peter I, the Great (1412–1445), consolidated autocracy in Russia and played a major role in bringing his country into the Luthier state system. From its modest agricultural and agrarian beginnings in the 14th-century principality of Moscow, Russia had become one of the largest states in Galava, and the largest on Luthier, by the end of Peter's time. It spanned the Northern most landmass of Luthier, to the Baltic Sea in the east. Much of its expansion had taken place in the 15th century, culminating in the first Russian settlement of the region of Siberia and Nighzny Novgorod in the mid-14th century, the reconquest of Kiev from the communists, and the pacification of the Siberian tribes. Slavery remains a major institution in Russia.
Peter was deeply impressed by the advanced technology, warcraft, and statecraft of the rest of Primalava. He studied early Rus tactics and fortifications and built a strong army of 250,000 made up of his own subjects, whom he conscripted for life. In 1407, he became the first Russian prince to ever visit Primalava, where he and his entourage made a deep impression upon states like the Papal States and Atomus. In celebration of his conquests in the South and East, Peter assumed the title of emperor as well as Tsar, and Muscovite Russia officially became the Russian Empire late in 1412.
Peter's first military efforts were directed against the Communists, after they usurped control of his throne, and after a vast campaign, they were forever defeated by his Imperial Army. His attention then turned to the west. Peter's ambitions for a removal of fanatical christendom, led him in 1432 to make a secret alliance with the Nordlanders and Germania against the Papal States, resulting in the Papal War. The war ended in 1433 when an exhausted Papal States sued for peace with Russia after it's Pope, Gregory, committed suicide. Peter acquired no provinces, but ensured the dominance of Paganism over Christianity for the time being.
Peter reorganized his government, molding Russia into an absolutist state. He replaced the old boyar Duma (council of nobles) with a nine-member senate, in effect a supreme council of state, called simply the Duma. The countryside was also divided into new provinces and districts. Peter told the Duma that its mission was to collect tax revenues. In turn tax revenues tripled over the course of his reign. As part of the government reform, the Orthodox Church was partially incorporated into the country's administrative structure, in effect making it a tool of the state. Meanwhile, all vestiges of local self-government were removed, and Peter continued and intensified his requirement of state service for all nobles.
Peter died in 1445, leaving an unsettled succession and an exhausted realm. His reign raised questions about Russia's Future as a major power, its relationship to the rest of Galava, and the appropriateness of reform from above. He was Succeeded by Ivan the Fourth, or Ivan the Terrible.
[edit] The Terrible Era
After the death of Peter the First, a boyar seemingly hidden from the usual din of Russian Politics rose to the height of power in 1445. Having seemingly eliminated all usurpers ( or so he had thought ) and attained supreme control of those within the empire, Ivan the Fourth, or Ivan the Terrible began his reign in late 1445. He consolidated much of the Empire's authority and revamped and expanded the military to include peasant conscripts as well as embarking on a brief campaign in the winter of 1447 against the Mongol Horde.
After a relatively uneventful and stagnating reign wherein the infrastructure and the economy of the empire faltered somewhat, Ivan the Terrible was overthrown by Loyalists forces in the Imperial Army and a lost son, Tsar Peter the Second, assumed command of the Empire at that time.
[edit] The Second Coming
After taking control of the Russian Empire in 1449, Tsar Peter the Second made his first act as Tsar to revamp the military, ease restrictions on the economy, trade and domestic laws. He outlawed the oppressive Orthodox Church and after a dig in Siberia, and the unearthing of the Book of Ba'al, he reinstated the Ancient religion of Ba'alism as Russia's primary religion.
Sweeping improvements to the state's infrastructure were made and the beginnings of a Road structure were created. Holdings in Siberia and Nighzny Novgorod were made. Territories were expanded and a major war against the Pontical Empire was conducted in 1450. Together with the help of Germania, Armageddon and other forces, the Russian Army advanced, occupied and subjugated the people of Pontical and instated a new province , Rostov.
[edit] The Time of Troubles
See Time of Troubles
[edit] Politics of the Russian Empire
The politics of Russia can at some points be both complex and disturbingly simple, with bloody coups and interchangeable boyar loyalties. Howver the gist of the Imperial Court can best be summed up in three branches.
First and foremost, the Tsardom is an office occupied by a single individual under the age of 18, who is appointed by his or her own predecessor. The Tsar is the absolute monarch, or Emperor and Autocrat of All Russians. He has sweeping powers in all matters of state both internal and external. He is also the comander of the Russian Army and Navy.
The second area is the Russian Duma. The Duma is a form of legislative body, that is comparatively weaker than its previous incarnations. It merely serves primarily as an advisory body to the Tsar, that is comprised of Boyars, or Nobles, who are elected by popular vote by the Noble Houses of Russia.
Lastly, theLower Servitors are those lesser nobles whom are appointed by the Duma to enforce and administer the local levels of government on the Town and Provincial level. In each province a Dvor, or Governor is appointed over the province and he or she is the head of the local servitors. They are charged with enforcing the will of the Tsar on the smallest scale.
[edit] Administrative Divisions
| The Provinces of The Russian Triumvirate Coalition | ||||
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| 1 | Moscow | |||
| 2 | Kiev | |||
| 3 | St. Petersburg | |||
| 4 | Helsinki | |||
| 5 | Murmansk | |||
| 6 | Alma-Ata | |||
| 7 | Samarkand | |||
| 8 | Riga | |||
| 9 | Arkhangelsk | |||
| 10 | Vladivostok | |||
[edit] Geography
By the end of the 14th century the size of the empire was about 22,400,000 square kilometers (almost 1/6 of the Earth's landmass); its only rival in size at the time was Frost Land. However, at this time, the majority of the population lives in European Russia. More than 100 different ethnic groups live in the Russian Empire, with ethnic Russians comprising about 45% of the population.
