Siberia (1962: The War to End all Wars of the World)

Siberian Confederation Сибирская Конфедерация Sibirskaya Konfederatsiya Timeline: 1962: The War to End all Wars of the World OTL equivalent: Tyumen Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Sakha Republic, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Sakhalin Oblast, Primorsky Krai, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Amur Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, Tuva, Khakassia, Kemerovo Oblast, Altai Krai, Novosibirsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Omsk Oblast, East Kazakhstan Region, Pavlodar Region, Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  Съ нами Богъ! S nami Bog! (English: "God is With Us!")
Anthem:  Коль славен наш Господь в Сионе "How Glorious Is Our Lord in Zion"
Capital		Magadan
Largest city		Vladivostok
Other cities		Krasnoyarsk, Harbin, Qiqihar, Ulan-Ude, Salekhard, Noyabrsk, Tomsk
Official languages		Russian
Regional languages		Northeastern Mandarin Jilu Mandarin Jiaoliao Mandarin Kazakh
Official script		Cyrillic script
Religion		Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Demonym		Siberian
Government		Federal autocratic republic
-	President	Dmitry Medvedev
-	Prime Minister	Sergey Lavrov
-	Head of the Duma	Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Legislature		Parliament
Establishment
-	Russian conquest	c. 1580 – late 1700s
-	October Revolution	Autumn 1917
-	Provisional All-Russian Government	3 November 1918
-	Admitted to USSR	30 December 1922
-	World War III	20 October 1962
-	Socialist Siberia	c. Autumn 1962
-	Modern State	26 December 1983
Area
-	Estimated	13,100,000 km2  5,057,938 sq mi
Population
-	2017 estimate	75,000,000
Currency		Ruble (SUR)
Time zone		Numerous
Date formats		dd/mm/yyyy
Drives on the		right
Calling code		+7

Siberia, officially the Siberian Confederation, is a Russian survivor state and a federal autocratic sovereign state located mostly in the continent of Asia. In terms of land area, Siberia is currently the largest nation-state in the world, encompassing almost the entirety of the geographic region of Siberia and the Russian Far East. It is considered to be the official successor state to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union), even though the South Russian Confederation contests this claim.

The Soviet Union played a decisive role in the Allied victory in World War II, and emerged as a recognized superpower and rival to the United States during the Cold War. The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world's first human-made satellite and the launching of the first humans in space.

A nuclear arms race also developed during the Cold War, an intense period between the Soviet Union and the United States and some other countries. This was one of the main causes that began the cold war, and perceived advantages of the adversary by both sides (such as the "missile gap" and “bomber gap”) led to large spending on armaments and the stockpiling of vast nuclear arsenals.

Following the Nuclear War of 1962, the Soviet regime created a provisional government within Siberia.

Etymology

The origin of the name is unknown. Some sources say that "Siberia" originates from the Siberian Tatar word for "sleeping land" (Sib Ir). Another account sees the name as the ancient tribal ethnonym of the Sirtya (also "Syopyr" (sʲɵpᵻr)), a folk, which spoke a language that later evolved into the Ugric languages. This ethnic group was later assimilated to the Siberian Tatar people.

The modern usage of the name was recorded in the Russian language after the Empire's conquest of the Siberian Khanate. A further variant claims that the region was named after the Xibe people. The Polish historian Chycliczkowski has proposed that the name derives from the proto-Slavic word for "north" (север, sever), but Anatole Baikaloff has dismissed this explanation. He said that the neighbouring Chinese, Turks and Mongolians (who have similar names for the region) would not have known Russian. He suggests that the name is a combination of two words with Turkic origin, "su" (water) and "bir" (wild land).

Government

Siberia is a federal state, and according to the constitution, it is a semi-presidential parliamentary republic. However, foreign observers have noted the the government of Siberia resembles an autocratic regime. Dmitry Medvedev has ruled Siberia since 2001. His parents survived the explosion that destroyed Leningrad, but they were affected by radiation, which caused Medvedev to be born without legs. In spite of this physical deformity, Medvedev is mentally sharp and he is considered to be the most powerful man in the world.

The federal government of Siberia is structured into three branches:

• Legislative: The bicameral Parliament of Siberia, made up of the 450-member Federal Duma and the 170-member Federation Council, adopts federal law, declares war, approves treaties, has the power of the purse and the power of impeachment of the President.
• Executive: The President is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, can veto legislative bills before they become law, and appoints the Government of Siberia (Cabinet) and other officers, who administer and enforce federal laws and policies.
• Judiciary: The Constitutional Court, Supreme Court and lower federal courts, whose judges are appointed by the Federation Council on the recommendation of the President, interpret laws and can overturn laws they deem unconstitutional.

Dmitry Medvedev, the incumbent President of Siberia

The president is elected by the vote of the government for a six-year term. Ministries of the government are composed of the Premier and his deputies, ministers, and selected other individuals; all are appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Prime Minister (whereas the appointment of the latter requires the consent of the State Duma). Leading political parties in Siberia include United Siberia, the Federal National Party, and the Siberian Democrats.

The Siberian Communist Party is also popular, it has been declared an illegal terrorist organisation in Siberia. The aftermath of the Nuclear War of 1962, as well as the atrocities of the Soviet government (especially under Josef Stalin) have caused the people of Siberia to be discontented with the Marxist-Leninist ideology. The KGB, which originally targeted Anti-Communist dissident, was reformed into a security agency targeting pro-Communist dissident.