Great Slavia

Great Slavia
Great Slavia, also known as the Union of Slavic States (USS) or simply Slavia. Great Slavia is a Socialist Federal Republic with 66 oblasts' and 5 republics. (Ukraine, Belarus, Caucasia, Volgograd, and Moscow). The land area of Great Slavia equates to 4,500,000 km 2. Extending across almost all of Eastern Europe, Great Slavia includes three time zones. Great Slavia is also the tenth most populous country in the world with over 130 million people. It shares land borders with Poland, the Siberian Alliance, Transcaucasia, Romania, Balkania, the Central Asian Khanate and Finland.

The nation's history began with that of the East Slavs, who emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Slavic culture for the next millennium. Rus' ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states; most of the Rus' lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion and became tributaries of the nomadic Golden Horde. The Grand Duchy of Kiev gradually reunified the surrounding Rusyn principalities, achieved independence from the Golden Horde, and came to dominate the cultural and political legacy of Kievan Rus'. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Slavic Union, which was the third largest empire in history, stretching from Poland in Europe to Alaska in North America.

Following the Red Revolution, which saw Siberia, and Finland gain independence and Alaska joining Canada, the nation rapidly industrialized under the rather authoritarian rule of Ruslana Wasylyk. During World War Two Nazi Germany invaded, but failed due to the Deep Freeze of '42 and relocation to the Urals and Siberia. Following the war, the Union of Soviet Socialist States (Great Slavia) created many puppets in the Balkans, including Balkania, Romania and Greece. However Greece left their sphere and annexed part of the Turkish coast while remaining somewhat left wing.

History
In prehistoric times, there lived a large tribe of people called the "Proto-Indo-Europeans". Due to unknown reasons they migrated throughout Europe, Anatolia, Persia, and India.

In classical antiquity the Pontic Steppe was known as Scythia. Greeks and Romans had colonies, and the people there even converted to Hellenism but this didn't last. There may have been a Gothic Kingdom in Crimea and Pontia, but there is very limited evidence.

The ancestors of the current people living in Southern Slavia comes directly from the Slavs. The Slavs came into existence about 1600 years ago in northern Ukraine and Belarus. The Slavic tribes migrated further south and east in the following decades. The "Timoshovkans" managed to fight off the Khazars and Goths living in the area and set up a kingdom. This kingdom grew and grew into the north, where the Timoshovkans took over the city of Kiev and created a new kingdom, named after the city.

The Kievan Rus' lasted from 882 - 1240. It became the largest kingdom in Europe and one of the largest kingdoms on the planet. A sophisticated legal system was very democratic- even for today's standards- as the people were given a fair trial and there was a jury. This all fell apart when the Baathumians invaded. The Baathumians were a nomadic war-culture from western Mongolia. They had the largest land empire in history.

The years 1300-1450 are vague as to what happened, most books and other sources were destroyed. The next 100 years are very well documented, however. The Grand Duchy of Kiev gained independence from the Silver Horde and expanded north- taking over the Duchy of Lithuania. A series of reforms granted Serfs more rights and freedoms, and eventually outright freedom. A Commonwealth with Poland was created in 1567, despite Kiev being an Eastern Orthodoxy state. A brief attempt at colonization in the east was made, however Poland-Kiev sold it to the British in exchange for $14,000,000- a lot of freakin' money at the time. This ended up briefly bankrupting Britain, however they recovered.

Modernization in the 1700's was brought in by Tsarina Metody Kumiega who wanted to be more like Sweden. Sweden wanted to be more like France so they were Swede-Francisising. Kiev was granted independence in the late 1800's and ran across Siberia like wildfire. No Russia was there to take it, and China didn't want it, so they just basically took over Siberia in like 50 years. The acquisition of Central Asia took a while longer though.

Great Kiev got involved in World War One by supporting Serbia when Gavrilo shot Franz. The Red Revolution happened just a few months earlier, in June, rather than in October. The Menshevik-Bolsheviks took power later in 1917. Under Ruslana Wasylyk and Nikita Khrushchev the Soviet Union industrialized heavily. In just under 20 years the Union was comparable to 1880's USA. The Soviet Civil War lasted from 1921-1932 and helped the Union get more experienced troops. The war ended in failure for the Union, Siberia, Novo Ukrayina and Finland received independence. Siberia decided to keep ties with The Soviets. Petrograd was made the capital for 1934-1938, but was moved back to Kiev for centralization. World War Two was devastating for three reasons: Massive destruction of the infrastructure, massive depopulation in the north, and a massive army with nothing to do but keep order.

The seventies saw great economic growth for the Union as well as a small Lunar Colony. A failed coup attempt for an increased liberalized economy back-fired, instead bringing back central planning and 7 year plans. (5 year plans, but with more time).

The fall of nations in the west led to more faith in socialism/communism. As a result the rest of Germany, Turkey, France and Italy became Socialist. More moderate but still. Socialist.

Politics
According to the Constitution of Great Slavia, the country is a federate socialist republic. Elections are every eight years.

* Legislative: The Federal Assembly of Kiev: The 300 members of the Federal Assembly vote on national issues, which the people then get to vote on. (If they chose)

* Executive: The Lower Host: Another 300 members can make regional laws that people can still vote on.

* Judicial: The Peoples' Host: 400 members vote on resolutions to various regional issues.

Parliament holds most power, though the Premier can veto any law he/she wants.