Russian Empire

The Russian Empire, or in it's language the Rossiyskaya Imperiya was a country that existed between 1531 to 1745. The country was one of the largest empires created standing only behind the Mongol Empire and the British Empire, though it is the second largest if we are talking land size.

The rise of the empire coincided with the fall of the Trondelag Unions and the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, but also during the rise of the colonial empires.

History
The Empire was formed in 1531 after the conquests of the Tsardom (it's predecessor) had managed to stretch long enough to consider itself an empire. It was one of the first countries that considered itself an empire proper; it had several subjects, a considerable amount of territory and it had the ability to truly enforce it's status.

However, when 1600 came around the corner, the military tactics of Russia were considerably outdated compared to the rest. Russia preferred coming full force against the enemy, while the rest were favoring more tactical operations such as deception and distractions. This often made a lot of people joke about Russia which harmed it's view. As retaliation, Russia decided to plagiarize some military tactics during it's ongoing conquests of the Holy Roman Empire. No one really cared though. The concept of taking stuff without credit didn't really exist much back then compared to now.

By 1650, although with a somewhat tarnished reputation, they soon were getting involved with some wars that would lead to the beginning of the First European War. They had managed to mount an offensive against the PLC and win against a country with mostly defensive positions around the winter of 1704, while managing to fend off an invasion attempt by the Trondelag Unions during the summer of 1712. When the FEW broke out in 1730, Russia managed to invade and conquer most of Eastern Europe at the time, including the PLC, some territory in the Ankaran Empire, and Romania. After the war ended in 1736, Russia celebrated it's victories (despite the war mostly ending in favor of Scotland), but this would be short lived in 1745.

Government and Politics
The Russian Empire was an absolute monarchy; the country was completely controlled by the Tsar and would be continued on by a heir. However, near the end of it's life, it tried to stray away from this, preferring to try and get the people involved. In 1743, Russia chose to be a partial absolute monarchy with some voting. This would only last two years due to a certain event.