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Info: Russian Empire: The Dominion of Expansionism (Co-opted Tsarist Expansionism)

History: With its vast territory and abundant natural resources, the Russian Empire contributed significantly to the UN's power and economy. Its energy resources, such as oil and gas reserves, minerals, and fertile lands, played a crucial role in meeting global energy demands and contributed to the UN's energy security and economic stability. Additionally, its robust military forces and capabilities contributed to and enhanced the UN's peacekeeping efforts, providing a strong defense force against external threats and ensuring the safety and security of member nations, if needed.

The Russian Empire was vast and rich in natural resources, with significant reserves of oil, natural gas, minerals, and timber. It had a strong agricultural sector, particularly in grain production. The empire also had a well-established tradition of arts, literature, and scientific research. With these vast and abundant natural resources, the Russian Empire contributed them to the UN's economic initiatives. These resources could be harnessed to meet global energy demands, support infrastructure development, and drive economic growth, as the empire played a role in energy production and distribution, sharing expertise in mining and forestry practices, and fostering scientific research and technological advancements. The empire's contribution to the United Nations lay in responsible resource extraction, sustainable energy production, and environmental conservation.

The Russian Empire has expanded access to education, especially in rural and minority-populated areas, accompanied by the secularization of the curriculum and an increased emphasis on sciences and technical fields. Reforms have also aimed to incorporate more critical thinking and reduce rote memorization, moving away from the traditional focus on classical subjects and religious instruction.

Notably, the Russian Empire had a strong tradition of scientific research and intellectual pursuit. Its universities and research institutes were renowned for their contributions to various scientific fields. This research capacity was leveraged within the United Nations to address global challenges, advance scientific knowledge, and promote technological innovation.

In the Russian Empire, gradual democratization and power-sharing with an emerging middle class have accompanied attempts to address historical inequalities and regional tensions between ethnic Russians and minorities. The incorporation of Western liberal ideas has been balanced with the preservation of traditional Russian values, as the empire grapples with the challenges of modernization and national unity. Additionally, the resurgence of Russian Orthodox traditions and Slavic cultural heritage coexists with more progressive, cosmopolitan influences from the intelligentsia, as the promotion of the Russian language, literature, arts, and folk traditions serve as unifying elements in the empire.

The most important aspect was that the Russian Empire was known for its vast military forces, the Imperial Russian Armed Forces, and strategic geopolitical positioning. Its vast territory and military might make it a significant player within the United Nations. Its military strength and territorial expanse could contribute to the UN's defense capabilities and peacekeeping operations, particularly in regions where Russian interests were prominent. Particularly, its geographic position provided unique insights into political dynamics and regional conflicts, contributed by sharing experiences in dealing with diverse ethnic groups, managing vast territories, and maintaining stability in multi-ethnic societies.

The Russian Empire's ideology, characterized by notions of autocracy, monarchy, nationalism, militarism, capitalism, socialism, and expansionism, continued to shape its cultural and political perspectives within the United Nations. While the UN operates as a single world government, these ideologies influenced the Russian Imperialists and their stance and approach to issues related to governance, sovereignty, national identity, and regional stability.

Hence, the Russian Empire earned the name 'The Dominion of Expansionism', which highlights Russia's historical pursuit of territorial expansion and geopolitical influence, signifying its imperialistic aspirations and desire to expand its dominion across vast territories in the name of the Tsar and the Romanovs. Calina Ilyich Lenin preferred to call the Russian Empire's characteristic imperialism 'Co-opted Tsarist Expansionism'. This term highlights the expansionist nature of the Russian Empire under the rule of the Tsars and the Romanovs, suggesting that the empire sought to extend its influence and control over territories. Lenin employed this term to indicate that the socialist and social democratic parties had been co-opted by the ruling classes of the Russian Empire, leading to their participation in expansionist policies without effectively challenging or transforming the imperialist system, but rather imposing and enacting policies that provided human rights to the classes and the colonies, which she appreciated her party's efforts, along with other socialist and social democratic parties in other imperial empires. 

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Battle Flag:

Motto: "Съ нами Богъ!" ("God is with us!")

Military: Imperial Russian Armed Forces (IRAF)

Military Branches:

 IRAF Ground Forces

IRAF Navy

IRAF Aerospace Forces

IRAF Strategic Rocket Forces

IRAF Mecha Corps

IRAF Airborne Forces

IRAF Special Operations Forces

Leaders: Tsarina and Prime Minister

Tsarina: Catherine III (Descendant of Milena Aureliuski Novakowska)

Prime Minister: Calina Ilyich Lenin (Descendant of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin)