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Instead of going full-on Eretz Israel I decided to pursue an interventionist policy by funding separatist forces in Egypt and Turkey ro weaken them and get allies in the face of Kurdistan and Coptia, also I toppled Bashar and created a democratic Syria (although I wouldn't mind having a Druze state). My next strategic targets would be: siding with Armenia (I already gave them some territories from Turkey but I need them as a full-ally, maybe recognizing Armenian genocide would do smth), weakening Iran and toppling the Ayattolahs.

This is the political entity from my speculative fiction novella called "Post-Russia". Its Supreme Leader is Porfiry Altschuler, a professor of political science. It's a meritocratic authoritarian state lead by academic bureaucracy which is made up of ethnic Germans (Baltic Germans and Swedes) who speak Russian. Your social status depends on the degree you hold which is hard to get. It claims to be a successor-state of the Pskov republic and Hanseatic League.

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