Russian Empire (Colony Crisis Averted)

The Russian Empire (Russian:Rossiyskaya Imperiya) is a stated that existed from 1721 to modern day. After the Global War, it became one of the three superpowers that dominate the globe. It is one of the largest empires in the world spanning from two continents to Poland to Alaska and a powerful sovereign imperial nation surviving for almost 700 years.The Russian economy is the world's second largest by nominal GDP and third largest by purchasing power parity, with 3rd largest nominal military budget. Russian Empire is one of the worlds fastest growing major economies.Its one of the four recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.Russian Empire is a great power and a permant member of the League of Nations Security Council

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Russian Empire extended from the Artic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea on the south, from the Baltic Sea on the west to the Pacific Ocean and into North America on the east. With 325.6 million subjects registered by the 1999 census, it had the third largest population of the world at the time, after Franco-Spain and the British Empire. Like all empires it represented a large disparity in economic, ethic, and religious positions. Its goverment, ruled by Emperor, was an absolute monarchy until the Revolution of 1905. Afterwards it became a contitutional monarchy, though its Emperor continued to wield considerable power in the new political system until the Reformation of 1956.

Great War
Tsar Vladimir made pacts with France and Britian,following which he invaded Belarus and Ukraine in September 1954,starting Great War in Europe.The Russian Empire conquered half of Europe by 1955,and nearly defeated its major foe: Prussia. Pro-tsarist regimes were established in conquered areas,which would engage the Russian enemies but mostly served as occupation authorities. Gulags established as early as 1930, were used to hold poltical prisoners and opponents of the regime.The number of camps quadrupled between 1949 and 1952, as slave-laborers from across Europe,Jews,political prisoners and opponents of the regime.

The tide turned after the failure of the Vistula-Oder Offensive-the invasion of Prussia- in 1955. The Prussians counter attack in a series of huge, fierce battles that overwhelmed the Russian. The Russian Empire was in danger of being overrun in 1956 by majority of the Alliance from the west and later by Japan from the east.

Geography
By the end of the 19th century the size of the empire was about 23,991,753.98 square kilometres (9,263,268 sq mi) or almost 1/6 of the Earth's landmass;its only rival in the size by the British Empire and the Franco-Spain.



Russia has a wide natural resources base, including major deposits of timber, petroluem, natural gas, coal, ores and other mineral resources.Ethic Russians comprise 81% of the country's population.The Russian Empire is also home to several sizeable minorities. In all, 160 different other ethic groups and indigenous peoples live withi its borders.