Soviet Union (Sino-Japanese Alliance)



The Soviet Union (Russian: Советский Союз, Sovetskiy Soyuz), informally known as Russia and officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Союз Советских Соцалистическеских Респулик, Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik) and abbrievated as the USSR (Russian: CCCP) is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe. It borders Norway and Sweden in Scandinavia, Germany, Romania, and Czechoslovakia in Europe, and Middle Russia, Turkestan, Turkey, Persia, and China in Asia.

Russia was historically ruled by the slavic Russian Empire for centuries. The Russian Empire grew to become a great power, spanning from Poland to Alaska. The Empire's power began to wane due to continued serfdom, corruption, and autocracy. In 1917, revolution broke out and, after a bloody civil war, Russia became the world's first communist state. However, the democratic soviets were soon abolished as the dictator Stalin took power. In World War II, the Soviet Union faced a massive Axis invasion which lessened Stalin's credibility and caused Russia to lose much of its Siberian territory. Stalin was quickly overthrown and the Soviet Union was democratized as a Council Communist, semi-Trotskyist state. After world war II, the Soviet Union founded the Berlin Pact with several other communist countries and developed nuclear weapons. It quickly rose to become a world power, influencing communist revolutions across the globe.

Today, Russia is a unique blend of traditional and new, combining the collectivist ideals of communism with the individualist nature of the Russian people. Russian culture is also a diverse mix of people from every communist country in the world, with Germans, Congolese, Chileans, North Africans, and many other people coming to Russia to trade.

Etymology
The name soviet union comes from the Russian term "Soviet" which refers to a council or assembly and comes from a Proto-Slavic term meaning "to advise". In Russian history, the Soviets were communes or council assembled by Russian Communists.

History
Main Articles: History of Russia and Timeline

World War II
During World War II, the Soviet Union was under the power of the ruthless dictator, Stalin. With the Sino-Japanese Invasion and Russia being kicked out of Siberia, Stalin's credibility fell until a coup was carried out by the NKVD where a council took control. The Council signed a truce with the GACPA and concentrated their forces in Germany, where they steamrolled through the nation with the help of Communist revolutionaries who overthrew the Nazis.

Post-War
After the defeat of the western axis in 1945, an agreement was reached between the soviets and the US and UK on forming a Pan-German state consisting of OTL Germany and Austria. Occupation of this state was handed over to the soviets as the other powers still had to deal with the Eastern Axis. The Soviets quickly began the supporting of communist parties across europe and asia as well as using their occupation forces to help install communist governments in Germany (united under communism unlike OTL). In this timeline, France did not ban communism, and the ideology continued to grow in France after the war. In 1948, a coup was carried out by several communist sympathizers with help from the soviets which establishes the French Social Republic. In this timeline, the US doesn't create the Marshall plan as it is still reeling from various rebellions and Japanese invasion. This allows communism to spread to Spain and Italy as well as Norway and Ireland. In 1950, the communist countries would form the Berlin Pact to assess decolonization, economic stability, and fighting capitalism.

Forming the Berlin Pact
In 1950, the Berlin Pact was formed between Russia, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Romania, Hungary, and Italy. Through the pact, several provisional governments are made for the various colonies, all of which install native socialist rule. The exception of these is French Algeria, which remains under the control of France until a Franco-Arab government is installed in the form of the Socialist Republic of Rif. The Berlin Pact also funds several socialist uprisings across Europe. In 1951, the Pact develops the Nuclear Bomb. The Pact is officially known as the Fifth International. Today, the Berlin Pact, the Democracy League, and GACPA are the leading factions of the world.

Government and Politics
The Soviet Union is a democratic government consisting of several Soviets, councils of elected representatives, who decide on local matters and send a representative to the Supreme Soviet in Moscow which decides foreign policy matters. The Union is considered by outsiders as a one party state, although they officially have no political party as each individual is supposed to have their own political mode of operation. This non-vanguardist approach was set about after the overthrow of dictator Josef Stalin. 

Administrative Divisions
The Soviet Union is made up of 11 of ten Soviet Socialist Republics. These function similarly to states within the USA and each have autonomy and almost complete control over home policy while still obeying the central government and its foreign policy.  

Ethnography
The Soviet Union is an ethnically diverse country, with most people being either Slavs or Turkic. The primary Turkic peoples are Kazakhs and Tatars, while the primary slavic people are Poles and Russians. The only people who do not fit into either of these groups are the baltic peoples of Estonia, Latvia, and Finland who are a mix of slavic and scandinavian. The Sami people are completely unique from any other ethnic group.

Religion
Under Stalin's reign, religion in the Soviet Union was banned, but after the coup, it was welcomed in as it was greatly reformed. This new church refused to call itself the Orthodox Church and instead called itself the Reformed Eastern Church. This Church was much less traditional and much more compliant with the government. Other christians include Catholics who are primarily Polish and Lutherans who are primarily Baltic. The Doubokhors, a radical anarchist religious group that focuses on peasant liberation and ascetism, have recently grown in popularity in the Soviet Union as a counterculture group. Islam is also a prevalent religion among the Turkic peoples of Russia, with the majority being Sunni.

Language
<p style="font-weight:normal;">The official language of the Soviet Union is Russian, although each republic has its own official language(s). These languages include Polish, Tatar(as well as the Crimean Dialect), Lithuanian, Estonian, Latvian, Finnish, Sami, Kazakh, Chechen, Ossetic, Silesian, and German.