Republic of Rossiya, Beast from the South

[JSB]

• Population: 121 million (1917), 150 million (1944), 745 million (2014)
• Military Strength: 6 million (1917), 17.8 million (1944), 17.9 million (2014)
• GDP: $ 340 million (1917), $ 560 billion (1944), $ 14.4 trillion (2014)
eeek that's big.

It gained independence in 1865 as the Republic of Rossiya with assistance from the Americans.

will that not upset just a small bit of the 20th century .

JSB

[eswube]

• Population: 121 million (1917), 150 million (1944), 745 million (2014)
• Military Strength: 6 million (1917), 17.8 million (1944), 17.9 million (2014)

That's a dynamic of population growth comparable (relatively, not in total numbers) only with 3rd world countries.
And military strength... 17.9 million people under arms in 2014? It's more than the whole rest of the world combined. In the 1980s Soviet Armed Forces - then largest in the world, were around 5 million strong (including construction troops, railway troops, border guards of KGB, interior troops of MVD etc.). Chinese PLA was then 3 million strong. US Armed Forces around 2,2 million. No country every had 18 million people under arms in peacetime (well, no country every had 18 million people under arms at all).

[heuhen]

he is probably counting reserve unit, in his army number. For example during the cold war, Norway had 500.000+ men in reserve!

[pegasus206]

It would with that total population the 3e larges country in the world only China and India would be larger. And china with its total population (1.349 585 838) have a total personal active and reserve from abouth 4.600 000 men.

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[OberstAmiruddin]

It would with that total population the 3e larges country in the world only China and India would be larger. And china with its total population (1.349 585 838) have a total personal active and reserve from abouth 4.600 000 men.


I used www.globalfirepower.com to make my own AU country it gifs you a good vieuw from whats posible.

Alright, I have edited the military numbers and population
The reason I have the number quite high, because their navy still retains their heavy guns warships.

• Population: 121 million (1917), 450 million (1944), 745 million (2014)
• Military Strength: 6 million (1917), 17.8 million (1944), 6.5 million (2014)

[heuhen]

you don't need big population to support big gun ship, look at UK in WW1 and WW2, specially WW1 with there Grand Fleet...

[OberstAmiruddin]

Alright I had redone the numbers
Now a little on the history of the Rossiyan Navy

It was formed in 1866, a year after Rossiya's independence.
The navy was created with three purposes; 1) defend Rossiyan sovereignty, 2) present herself as power to be reckoned with and 3) challenge the British Royal Navy
The Rossiyan Navy ships show the influence of American, German, Japanese, Russian and to lesser extent British (usually the Rossiyans take the British ideas and make them their own).
Interesting notes of the Rossiyan Navy are:
1. Rossiya is the only navy to still have battleships in service in the 21st century.
2. Rossiya has in her possession a number of Japanese warships that were the war prizes of World War Two, most notable of them are IJN Nagato, IJN Haruna, IJN Shinano and IJN Yukikaze (bought from Taiwan) IJN Hibiki (bought from USSR).

[acelanceloet]

and why do you have big gun ships? were they reactivated, like the iowa's? are they comissioned museum ships? are they 1950's build and still in comission? or are they new build for some reason? and what is the reason for that?

and does she have the prices in posession in the 21st century still? that makes little sense.

[JSB]

With a POD before 1866, IJN Nagato and Shinano could be anything.

Ships, we want ships ! (or at least a few details so we can (helpfully ) suggest something they really should have built instead ! ).

Keep it coming,
JSB

[OberstAmiruddin]

and why do you have big gun ships? were they reactivated, like the iowa's? are they comissioned museum ships? are they 1950's build and still in comission? or are they new build for some reason? and what is the reason for that?

and does she have the prices in posession in the 21st century still? that makes little sense.

The Japanese World War 2 warships are museum pieces in Rossiya, but they were commissioned for a short duration during the Korean War after being restored to their former glory.

Meanwhile the Rossiyan battleships were their World War Two Battleships that have been recommissioned and the Rossiyan Navy Command decided to keep them in service as they felt that big guns and planes will be a good combination and it is a great way to deter all the Somali Pirates