Russia (IHR's Kaiserreich)

Russian Empire
Российская империя (Russian)
*Rossiyskaya Imperiya*
Russian Empire Российская империя (Russian); Rossiyskaya Imperiya
Flag	Coat of arms
	Motto: ; «Съ нами Богъ!»; S' nami Bog!; ("God is with us!")
	Anthem: ; «Боже, Царица храни!» ; Bozhe, Tsaritsa khrani!; ("God Save the Tsaritsa!"); https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/File:God_Save_the_Tsar!.ogg;
Capital; (and largest city)	Moscow
Official languages	Russian
Regional languages	20 regional official languages
Government	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Legislature	Governing Senate
Establishment
Currency	Euro (€) (EUR)

Russia, officially the Russian Empire, is a country spanning northern Eurasia. It is the largest country in the world.

Post December 31, 1935 history[]

In January 1936, following the assassination of President Boris Savinkov, General Pyotr Wrangel took advantage of the ensuing chaos and seized the Russian government with the purpose to restore control and declared that he would temporarily take charge of the government until things stabilized. Under his lead, the turmoil was practically subdued by June. It was now time for Wrangel to decide the ultimate fate of the Russian government, whether if he was to remain in charge or concede his power as promised. Wrangel, a monarchist, chose the latter, and invited the exiled Kiril Romanov to become Russia's newly restored emperor with constitutional limits. He did so as he believed that this was the only path that ensured Russian stability, citing the unrest and stagnation that came from the Russian Republic, which he saw as a failure.

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Foreign relations[]

Despite its status as the third-largest empire to ever exist and being a strong military power, Russia is relatively aloof on the world stage, coldly silent from any geopolitical goings-on, even as an EU member. This stance has been upheld ever since its disastrous defeat in the Second World War by the Reichspakt. Having been trounced a second time by the Germans and their allies, losing hundreds of millions and significant territories, Russia laid in ruins. Wanting to avoid a repeat of this destruction government concluded that strict neutrality was the only choice to ensure Russia's long-term stability and prosperity; Russia must never again enter a war. This would be maintained by staying as distant as possible from world events and having only limited relations with other countries, barring the participation in a few intergovernmental organizations such as the European Union and the Union of Nations. The state allocates much of its funds to the armed forces to staunchly defend this neutrality.

However, the small Balkan country of Serbia remains a stand-out exception. The two are are both Slavic and Eastern Orthodox Christian countries and thus share a notable cultural heritage. Serbia is Russia's only ally, and the two value their special relations. The nation's economy had been stagnating at best ever since its own disastrous defeat in the Fifth Balkan War, from which it never fully recovered. Said war also caused Romania, a former ally, to turn its back on Serbia soon after, and enter neutrality. Greece retained their friendly relations with Serbia for a short while after, but betrayed Belgrade by aligning with Vienna and their former Bulgarian enemy, seeing a better future for itself in Donau-Adriabund (Danubian-Ottoman relations were spiraling downhill, and Greece saw this as an opportunity to seize formerly ethnic Greek lands in Anatolia and retake the holy city of Constantinople). Both countries had abandoned Serbia under the justification that she lead them into disaster and a following era of ruin, giving them a reason to abandon their previous governments (with Romania immediately overthrowing their Legionary regime and the Greek government eventually voting to restore the constitutional monarchy following an upsurge in Greek monarchists) for falling for Serbian promises of territorial expansion. Serbia, already economically shattered, was moreover abandoned by her only allies in her times of most desperate need, and only Russia was there to lend a hand. This solidified their status as brotherly allies even further, with Russia still providing economic assistance (the most out of any other country) to the struggling Balkan republic.

Aside from Serbia, Russia has somewhat amiable ties with the Ottoman Empire. Having been similarly scared into aloof neutrality by defeat in the Anti-Ottoman War and facing what they saw as injustice and national humiliation at the hands of a mutual Danubian enemy, Russia has been building amicable relations with the Ottomans since.