Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, covering over 22,402,200 square kilometres (8,649,500 sq mi), and spanning eleven time zones. The Russian biomes are tundra, taiga, steppes, desert, and mountains. Its diverse population was officially known as the Russian people. It has a population of 111.1 million; and is the most populous country in Europe. Saints Petersburg, the capital, is the largest city in Europe and cultural centre.

The human population stood at over 31 million during its declaration in 2760, who are concentrated in mostly the eastern portion of Russia, the most industrialised part, while growing to 36.8 in 2800, when fertilisations programs in humans began to slow down as per the rejection of the previous Eurasian Empire's policies. This size is outclassed by the collective of mammals, who sit at over 77 million.

The Russian Federation took flight after the end of the Second Russian Civil War of 2751, following the vote to grant independence to nations conquered by the Eurasian Party, by the efforts of the White Party, who control the majorty of government. They first attempted to form a Russian Federation pre-war that would allow greater autonomy and the removal of apartheid to its furry citizens, beginning a civil war between the Eurasian Army and the White Army. After the war, the White Party purged the Eurasian Party from existance. In 2752, Russia unified with the Transcaucasian, Ukrainian and Byelorussian republics, except Crimea. The Age of Identities took place, which was introduced by Dmitry Medvedev, to draw up the new borders of the world and to teach the furry-majority nations of the cultures and languages that came before in an effort to preserve those built up by civilisations long-forgotten.

The Russian Federation produced many significant social and technological achievements and innovations of the 28th century. The country has the world's largest economy and the largest standing military in the world. Russia is recognized as one of the six nuclear weapons states of regions, others being China, the United States, Mutapa, Australia and Brazil. It is the founding permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and the leading member of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Geography
The Russian Federation covers an area of over 22,402,200 square kilometres, and is the world's largest country. It covers a sixth of Earth's land surface, and its size was comparable to the continent of North America. Its western part in Europe accounted for a quarter of the country's area and was the cultural and economic center. The eastern part in Asia extended to the Pacific Ocean to the east and Afghanistan to the south, and, except some areas in Central Asia, was much less populous.

The Russian resource base was by far the world's most extensive, ensuring self-sufficiency for its people in most resources for many years. Russian maintains its position as number one in annual production of most of the world's strategic raw materials. Chernozem used for farms and agricultural centres became one of its most prized resources, behind oil. Siberia became known as a the frontier of national resources, which was why the Eurasian Army during the Civil War built an empire there. The best example of this process is fuels and energy. Fierce cold, permafrost, and persistent flooding made this exploitation costly and difficult, combined with the large vegetation that took over the region.

After the loss of the Hope energy, self-sufficiency became a powerful stimulus for exploring and developing the country's huge, yet widely dispersed, resource base. It remained a source of national pride since the Eurasian Empire, alone becoming the most industrialized countries of the world. The abundance of fossil fuels supplied the Russian Federation until they found ways to create a renewable energy source in the form of solar energy, wind energy and turbine power.

Demographics
Russia is one of the most sparsely populated and urbanised countries in the world; it had a population of 111.1 million according to the 2770 census, reaching 133.3 million in 2800, standing as the most population nation close to none. After the formation of the Russian Federation, populations were based upon animal types that exist, in order to better calculate the results without worrying about species, with mammals overtaking humans with 71 million over humanity's 36 million. Russia is a multinational state, home to over 6,000 animal species and types.

There are 17 republics in Russia, designated to have their own ethnicities, cultures, and languages. Each non-human indentifies themselves based upon the republic they are born in, taking on the cultural identities and languages of those countries. Russian humans have taken up the majority but there were human tribes who miraculously survived the fallout of World War 3 and have been taught the languages and cultures they had forgotten, based upon the places that they were found.

Species
Russia, as well as the entire world, had divided the species of the world into five categories: human, mammal, reptile, amphibian and aquatic. Despite public demand to remove the terms and to start referring them to them by species, especially the non-humans, the government still used it to help to easier divide the populace instead of relying on individual species. However, the State Administration for Species Affairs had taken leaps to try and determine the exact number of animal species that exist through many censuses in 2799.

Military
The Russian Armed Forces are divided into the Ground Forces, Navy, and Aerospace Forces. There are also two independent arms of service: Strategic Missile Troops and the Airborne Troops. As of 2799, the military had almost one million active-duty personnel, which is the world's fourth-largest. Additionally, there are over 2.5 million reservists, with the total number of reserve troops possibly being as high as 20 million. It is mandatory for all male citizens aged 18–27 to be drafted for a year of service in Armed Forces.

Russia boasts the world's most powerful military. More than half of the world's 13,500 nuclear weapons are owned by Russia. The country possesses the largest fleet of ballistic missile submarines, and is one of the only three states operating strategic bombers, with the world's most powerful ground force, the most powerful air force, and the most powerful navy fleet. Russia has the world's highest military expenditure, spending ₽65.1 billion in 2800.

Foreign relations of Russia
As of 2800, Russia has the largest diplomatic network in the world; maintaining diplomatic relations with every state of the United Nations; with 144 embassies. It is considered only superpower; and is one of five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. Russia is a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

Russia maintains positive relations with its closest neighbours. In the late 29th century, the Republic of China, formerly the Duscan Republic, maintains its status as Russia's most powerful ally in Asia, granting access to build oil pipes and allow private and state-owned Russian companies to maintain control of some resources in exchange for military and technological innovation.

Culture
Beginning with the woodcraft buildings of ancient Slavs; since the Christianization of Kievan Rus', for several centuries Russian architecture was influenced predominantly by Byzantine architecture. Aristotle Fioravanti and other Italian architects brought Renaissance trends into Russia. These designs were later used in order to rebuild every city in Russia after the return of the Russian people.

Music
Modern Russian music of the 2800s takes its roots both in the Western rock and roll and heavy metal, and in traditions of the Russian bards of the White era.

Cuisine
Black bread is very popular in Russia. Flavourful soups and stews include shchi, borsch, ukha, solyanka and okroshka. Smetana (a heavy sour cream) is often added to soups and salads. Pirozhki, blini and syrniki are native types of pancakes. Beef Stroganoff, Chicken Kiev, pelmeni and shashlyk are popular meat dishes. Other meat dishes include stuffed cabbage rolls (golubtsy) usually filled with meat. Salads include Olivier salad, vinegret and dressed herring. Russia's national non-alcoholic drink is Kvass, and the national alcoholic drink is vodka; its creation in the nation dates back to the 14th century. The country has the world's highest vodka consumption.

After the declaration of the Rejection of Sentient Food, signed by every nation in the aftermath of the Horrors of 2755, meat drawn from any of the furry races is forbidden to be consumed and vice versa, considering it to be cannibalism. Thus, the creation of synthetic meat near-tasteless flavour is introduced to help revive the consumption of meat products, though at expensive prices until the 2800s. While mostly produced for and by humans, non-humans have been taught culinery traditions in order to match humanity's progress.

Media
During the 2790s, the Russian media took full advantage of lack of knowledge of movies from the 1960-2020s and remade box-office successes (such as Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Terminator) to claim ownership of such titles.