Talk:2017: Year of Chaos (Map Game)/@comment-26031225-20161027010907

Russian Federation
 * Goverment: Putin wins the election in  landslide, gathering 59% of the popular vote. His closest opponent was the candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party, who earned 35% of the popular vote. Nothing much changes in goverment affairs, and Putin just goes ahead with his pñans.
 * Military:
 * Russian Land Forces: Additional troops are recruited in order to meet the demands of a world that is becoming more and more conflictive as time goes on and a bunch of the reserves are fully activated to become active frontline personnel. New models of tanks are also developed. The Russian Land Forces consist of:
 * 1,500,000 Active Frontline Personnel
 * 2,300,000 Active Reserve Personnel
 * 17,151 tanks
 * 33,876 Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFVs)
 * 6,676 Self-Propelled Guns (SPGs)
 * 4,961 Towed-Artillery
 * 3,998 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRSs)
 * Russian Naval Forces: The Navy does not receive as much funding as the Air Force and the Army, but it still quite powerful. The Russian Navy consists of:
 * 1 Aircraft Carrier
 * 6 Frigates
 * 20 Destroyers
 * 82 Corvettes
 * 61 Submarines
 * 15 Coastal Defence Craft
 * 47 ships capable of Mine Warfare
 * Russian Air Forces: The Air Force is receiving the most funding for now, as Putin expects to beat the American and the Chinese in this area. A couple prototypes are being develop. The Russian Air Forces consist of:
 * 795 Fighters/Interceptors
 * 1,578 Fixed-Wing Attack Aircraft
 * 1,161 Transport Aircraft
 * 400 Trainer Aircraft
 * 1,294 Helicopters
 * 522 Attack Helicopters
 * Wars & Conflicts:
 * Operation Red Cross 2.0: Operation Red Cross 2.0 is launched jointly with Armenia on New Years' Eve. 240,000 troops cross the border into Azerbaijan while Armenia attacks from the south with the help of Nagorno-Karabaj militants. The azerbaijanis are surprised by the attack, and they are unable to provide a proper defence against two invading forces at once, which allows the russians and amenians to capure most of the country in a few weeks. Baku is surrounded in a joint russian-armenian attack by Valentine's Day, and it capitulates one week later. In the peace treaty, Azerbaijan is forced to cede their enclave and the Nagorno-Karabaj region to Armenia, and to become a russian puppet.
 * Operation O-Zone: Since they denied our ultimatum, Russia declares war on them and invades with 140,000 troops from Ukraine. With help of Transnistrian people, most of the country is occupied within a few weeks. In March 3rd, Moldova capitulates after Russian troops seized the capital in Chisinau. Although the original plan was to annex some areas and then release the rest of Moldova as vassal, Russia decides to annex all of it as punishment for denying their ultimatum. However, they enjoy the same degree of autonomy than Ukraine,
 * Second American Civil War: Now that war has erupted in what used to be one of the most "stable" nations in the world, Russia has decided to intervene in favor of the current goverment lead by Donald J. Trump (not before making some demands). Putin decides to send 5 of his best generals to assist american troops in battles and improve their tactics, as the supporters of Hillary Clinton are outhinking them. 5 destroyers and 20 corvettes are sent to support the american blockade of New York and other important cities. In total, around 75,000 troops were sent, with most of them fighting against Hillary supporters.
 * Serbo-Croatian War: Since there were rumours of Bulgaria and Germany trying to intervene to help Croatia, Russia decides to send in 15,000 volunteers and around 80 tanks to support the Serbians. After Croatia fell, most of out troops were sent back to home but around 5,000 stayed in Serbia for defence purposes.
 * Vassals & Puppets:
 * Ukraine: Ukraine is officially annexed (it kinda was last year when they became union states) and given a degree of autonomy similar to that of the former soviet republics.
 * Georgia: In order to improve Russia's image among the Georgian population (which now views Russia as an absolute evil, pretty much), Russia begins a program to help Georgia rebuild from the war. Millions of dollars are invested into this plan and thousands of russian volunteers are sent to help with the reconstruction. Propaganda is also widely used.
 * Azerbaijan: Russia helps to rebuild Azerbaijan and promotes pro-russian propaganda, executing the same kind of plan than the one being done in Georgia. This one is kinda sueccesful but the people of Azerbaijan do not exactly trust the russians yet.
 * Technology: Putin decides to invest in technology and scientific development, and he increases the budget of the Roscomos State Corporation, in order to explore outer space, and in a not so distant future, set up colonies. In the military matters, a railgun is being developed, similar to the one of the USA.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Norway: We accept their request for a non-aggresion pact.
 * Poland: Their independence is guaranteed since we have heard rumours of Germany and Czechia invading Poland soon. They are also invited to the Eurasian Union.
 * Kazakhstan: We ask then to join us because of our cultural and historical ties. If they accept, rather than being annexed by Russia, they will form a new nation called the Union of Sovereign States (USS) and they'll be an autonomous republic just like Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (the republics that will integrate this federation). We also bribe the Kazakh president to accept this.
 * USA: An alliance is signed, as we are supporting them in their civil war.
 * Serbia: Their request for an alliance and joining the Eurasian Union is accepted. We also support them in their war against Croatia,
 * Uzbekistan: Relations improve.
 * Turkmenistan: They are invited to the Eurasian Union.