Russia

Russia (rus. Россия), officially — the Russian Federation (rus. Российская Федерация) is a country situated in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Russia is by far or by a considerable margin the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia has 11 time zones and 49 regions but they no longer use daylight savings.

Appearance
Russia is typically portrayed as tall (and sometimes slim) and is wearing an ushanka. They usually wear a (sometimes oversized) light blue striped shirt and jeans. Most fans when drawing them have them with bandages wrapped around their forearms, due to self-harm, which is seemingly linked to the death of their father, as many fans headcanon. They are often shown with a bottle of vodka. He's also represented with a military suit of commanders of the Russian Empire.

Personality
Different sources depict them differently. Mostly dark, quiet and "dangerous". A lot of people headcanon that they suffer from depression and is often drunk due to drinking too much vodka, they're often known for blaming themself for their past-self's death ( USSR).

Interests

 * Vodka (stereotype)
 * Ballet
 * Sunflower seeds
 * Cats
 * Space
 * Science (Especially Rockets and Chemistry)
 * Tetris
 * Ice Hockey
 * Soccer/Football
 * Dubstep and Hardbass
 * Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Other symbols
Besides flag, Russia has a coat of arms that depicts a double-headed eagle and an anthem.

Nicknames

 * Ruski (sometimes Russki)
 * Russ
 * Tripoloski
 * Russie
 * Commie (Nickname from America)

Etymology
The name "Россия" (Rossiya) came from the old Russian word "Русь" (Rus).

Origin of languages
Russian is an East Slavic language of the wider Indo-European family. It is a descendant of the language used in Kievan Rus', a loose conglomerate of East Slavic tribes from the late 9th to the mid 13th centuries.

Organizations and Affiliations

 * European Union (EU)
 * G20
 * G8
 * The Council of Europe
 * Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
 * Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
 * Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

Pre-Slavic inhabitants
The deepest levels of the Kostenki archaeological site near the Don River in Russia, which has been dated to at least 40,000 years ago. Arctic Russia was reached by 40,000 years ago. Later, vast steppes of Southern Russia were home to tribes of nomadic pastoralists.

In the 8th century BCE, Greek and Turkish merchants has reached the land and settled there

Russians and Tatars
WIP

Government
The government of Russia is a "federal semi-presidential republic". The President and Prime Minister of Russia both share the roles head of state, and head of government, allowing some power to be distributed between the two (thus being a semi-presidential system). Still, the president holds some authority over the Prime Minister nevertheless. Like many other countries, Russia's government is split into three branches: the judicial, executive, and legislative branch. The Executive branch carries out laws, the judicial branch reviews laws, and the legislation makes and votes on different bills/laws to be put in. The president of Russia is Vladimir Putin, and the prime minister of Russia is Mikhail Mishustin. The president of Russia acts as the head of the executive branch and can be elected by the people to serve terms that last around 6 years. Like the USA, a president can only serve 2 terms. As president, they can veto laws or policies set forth by the legislative branch, and also work as commander-in-chief for the military.

Ukraine
Russia and Ukraine have a bilateral relation between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. The bilateral relationship between Russia and Ukraine formally started in the 1990s immediately upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union, of which both Russia and Ukraine had been founding constituent republics.

Interactions between the two areas of Russia and Ukraine developed on a formal basis from the 17th century (note the Treaty of Pereyaslav between Moscow and Bohdan Khmelnytsky's cossacks in 1654), but international-level relations ceased when Catherine the Great liquidated the autonomy of the Cossack Hetmanate in 1764. For a short period of time soon after the communist 1917 October Revolution two states interacted again.

In 1920, Soviet Russian forces overran Ukraine and relations between the two states transitioned from international to internal ones within the Soviet Union, founded in 1922. After the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991, Russia and Ukraine have undergone periods of ties, tensions, and outright hostility.

Geography
Geographically, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. Since Russia has Kaliningrad, it then shares borders with Lithuania and Poland. It has an area of 17,125,191 km2 and occupies 11 time zones. Climates in Russia can range from humid continental climates (around Moscow or St. Petersburg) to extremely cold and bitter in places such as Siberia. Due to Russia's immense size, there are also many different physical regions in the country. Some could include: The European Plain (located in the Western side of Russia), the Caucasus Mountains (a range of mountains located in the southwest region of Russia), and the Kolyma Lowlands (an area in far Eastern Russia which is surrounded by many other mountain ranges which block it off from the volcanic Pacific area of the Eastern tip of Russia [the Kamchatka Ranges that stretch along an-almost island part of Russia that sits on the Ring of Fire, causing it to experience much volcanic activity]). Other extremely massive regions of Russia that could be credited are the Siberian Taiga (a huge area of forest that covers almost all of Eastern Russia, it is the largest forest region on Earth, and suffers from harsh winters) and the Steppe region, an area of Southern Russia that contains many plains. The north of Russia is quite dangerous to inhabit, containing freezing cold temperatures and desert-like tundra's which make it practically impossible to navigate. Around these areas, and most of Russia in general out of the Western block, contains massive amounts of oil, which is the reason Russia is the #1 exporter of oil in the world. Interesting facts about Russia's geography could include:


 * They have the largest currently active volcano, Kluchevskoy.
 * They have the most massive swamp in the world, the Russian Great Vasyugan swamp.
 * The Ural Mountains located in Russia are the oldest in the world.
 * The Kazakh and Russian land border is the longest in the world.
 * Obviously, Russia is the largest country in the world with an area of 17,125,191 km2.

Family

 * Ukraine — sibling
 * Bulgaria — sibling
 * Belarus — sibling
 * Slovakia — sibling
 * Slovenia — sibling
 * Serbia — cousin-sibling
 * Montenegro — cousin-sibling
 * North Macedonia — cousin-sibling
 * Poland — cousin-sibling
 * Arctic — cousin-sibling
 * Antarctica — child
 * Armenia — stepchild
 * Azerbaijan — stepchild
 * Estonia — stepchild
 * Finland — stepchild
 * Georgia — stepchild
 * Hungary — stepchild
 * Kazakhstan — stepchild
 * Kyrgyzstan — stepchild
 * Latvia — stepchild
 * Lithuania — stepchild
 * Moldova — stepchild
 * Tajikistan — stepchild
 * Turkmenistan — stepchild
 * Uzbekistan — stepchild
 * Germany — adopted child

Friends

 * China — "You're a great friend but you're pretty shady"
 * Kazakhstan — "You help me launch space rockets."
 * Belarus — "Great support."
 * Malaysia — "Let me get you into space! And blame Ukraine that she destroy your plane, not me!"
 * Costa Rica — "b a n a n a s"
 * Egypt
 * Serbia — "Great friend, keep doing that!"
 * Greece and Cyprus — "Best friends in the European Union!"
 * Iceland


 * Mongolia — "My cute little buddy."
 * Algeria — "great strategic partner, we can be competitors sometimes, however, they're always my dear close comrade"
 * Morocco
 * Tunisia
 * Laos — "a great friend since WWII!"
 * Cuba — "same with Laos"
 * Philippines — "Glad that you finally know not to get involved with them. Also, you have the best president!"
 * Vietnam — "a great friend! I helped him win against the capitalist!"
 * Cambodia
 * South Africa - “You’re one of my best friends! I’m glad we’re allies and I hope we can still carry on being like this.”

Neutral

 * Austria — "Good friend and one of the best Natural gas deliveries in Europe!"
 * Azerbaijan — "Yes we are friends but, I think you must end the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh"
 * Denmark
 * Germany — "You were one of the nicest European countries to me. But after the annexation of Crimea, you no longer want to be friends."
 * France — "Not really a good friend. We've had our differences."
 * Portugal
 * Czech Republic — "I know what my I did to you and your sibling and that you're hurt, and I'm sorry for that. I actually like your drinks."
 * Bulgaria — "You really changed..."
 * Romania
 * Slovakia
 * South Korea — "I damaged you, but now I like your chocolate pie and Dokdo was invaded was in our country, I'm sorry."
 * Norway
 * Finland
 * Hungary
 * Ireland
 * Italy, Portugal, and  Spain — "We have a strong affection relationship and I want us to continue maintaining it!"
 * Turkey
 * European Union
 * NATO

Enemies

 * Belgium
 * Canada
 * Estonia
 * Latvia
 * Lithuania
 * Sweden
 * Poland
 * Ukraine — "We have a so called 'sibling rivalry' for centuries now. We've had our differences and had many conflicts. Crimea is mine by the way, they chose to be with me so accept that"
 * United Kingdom
 * United States — "We've been enemies for as long as I can remember. We could've been close friends if it weren't for that missile of yours launched and blow up my city. Also, stop getting involve into the things you're not supposed to be. Your 'helping' of yours is making it worse so stop!"
 * Netherlands
 * Georgia
 * Kosovo — "You're not a real country, Kosovo is Serbia!"
 * Chechen Republic of Ichkeria — "I beat you!"

Puppet States
(list of assumed puppet states)


 * Abkhazia
 * South Ossetia
 * Tranistria
 * Artsakh (Armenia-Azerbaijan)
 * Donetsk People’s Republic
 * Luhansk People’s Republic

Past Versions

 * Old Great Bulgaria
 * Khanate of Khazar
 * Mongol Empire (partly)


 * Kievan Rus
 * Volga Bulgarian
 * Novgorod Republic 
 * Northern Mughal State
 * Grand Duchy of Vladimir
 * Muscovite Russia
 * Tsardom of Russia
 * Russian Empire
 * Democratic Federal Republic of Russia
 * Soviet Federal Republic
 * Russian State
 * Third Reich (partly)


 * USSR/Russian SFSR (enemy)

Belarus
Russia's sibling or friend, Belarus, is extremely close to them, some of the people who don't headcanon them as family-related would ship them, in Belarus most people speak Russian, they take lots of inspiration from Russia, however this type of relationship has given Belarus a sort of "rebellious"/break-away mentality to be more Belarusian and they're trying to get back to their own culture, but they're for the foreseeable future, will always be by Russia's side they will always be at their corner cheering them own like a cheerleader.

North Korea
Russia was one of the few countries that interacted with the DPRK after the Korean war. North Korea idolized the U.S.S.R taking lots of inspiration from him early on and is one of North Korea's few friends. However, North Korea's nukes and recent behavior has made Russia step back a little, along with China.

United States
Some of the fandom ship them from them becoming friends or them being enemies before, then forgiving them, or just in a love-hate situation. But referring to reality, these countries are enemies and there is a lot of tension between them.

Mongolia
Celebrates victories days together. And drinks on the celebration day.

Trivia
These are not factual, and more about what the Countryhumans community thinks, it is most commonly stereotypical and needs more evidence to support.


 * Russia and Germany are usually represented as two tragic countries that have suffered the darkest dictatorships of the twentieth century in Europe (Third Reich and USSR). However, in their respective future versions, Germany is positively represented while Russia is negatively represented.
 * Some fans assume that Russia's parent is France. Probably, despite the traditional rivalry between the two countries, due to similarities with their respective revolutions.
 * Russia and Spain are often represented as distant counterparts of the European continent to each other. Popularly, it is often considered that political positions should not be a problem to get to know each other better between Moscow and Madrid. This may also refer to the similarities of the Russian and Spanish Empires. Both countries are the biological parents of Alaska and Antarctica.
 * They're mostly depicted with vodka, a stereotypical drink associated with Russia.
 * It's due to the fact that every Russian person (especially men) consumes an average of 18 liters of vodka per year, which is twice the amount allowed medically.
 * In Russia, the death rate exceeds the birth rate.
 * Most deaths are related to vodka (Alcoholic drinks in general) and the homicide rate, given that Russia has the highest rate of 9.7 murders per 100,000 people, more than that in the USA, which amounts to 4.7 murders per 100,000 people.
 * Some describe Russia as a suicidal person due to the fact that suicide rates are very high, as they recorded the second-highest suicide rate in WHO data after Lithuania.
 * Russia is actually bigger than Pluto.
 * Russia has the highest rank on global cat ownership (59%), they love cats more than anyone on the planet.
 * It has 9 time zones and is the only country in the world to have so.
 * As a result of the dispute between Russia and Japan over the Kuril Islands, both didn't sign a peace agreement to end the war that occurred between them during WWII, so legally there's still a war between them.
 * The mayor of Megon, a city in Russia, has passed a decree banning the apology.
 * A number of Russian fans began to reject that Russia is paired with many countries, particularly the United States or Mexico, and currently, they -but not all of them- only consider Serbia as the true love of Russia. These criticisms come mainly because the character Russia is precisely homophobic and is paired in gay/lesbian relationship with other countries for the mere fact of being.