14 Autarkies (one per faction)
1 — The Kremlin Core (Central Directorate)
- Represents: The Presidency / central political power.
- Capital: Moscow-Kremlin (Moscow Core).
- Hinterland / backup territory: Central European Russia belt (Moscow, Tver, Vladimir, Ryazan), secure logistics corridors to St. Petersburg & the Urals for industry. Political backups: diplomatic missions in friendly Eurasian capitals.
- Leader archetype: Supreme President (strong executive council of state corporations + security ministers).
- Population & forces: ~20–30 million urban population concentrated; elite presidential guard + administrative apparatus (tens of thousands).
- Economic base: Fiscal control, central bank, large state corporations (energy & banks), taxation & public procurement; commands reserves.
- Strategy / strengths: Central coordination, appointment power, diplomatic recognition, legal instruments to bind other autarkies. Uses soft power (institutions, international treaties) and hard power (control of union’s executive functions).
- Bid to Anglo-Eurasian Union: Presents itself as the Union’s seat of governance and integrator — offers centralized institutions (common currency management, mediation courts) in exchange for member seats and primacy on foreign policy coordination. Offers fiscal transfers to less resourceful autarkies.
2 — Northern Shield (Armed Forces / Defence Autarky)
- Represents: Russian Armed Forces / Ministry of Defence.
- Capital: General Staff City (near Moscow + a northern Arctic hub like Murmansk for strategic forces).
- Hinterland / backup territory: Northwest Russia, Urals, Arctic offshore zones, parts of northern Kazakhstan and Belarus corridors for strategic depth. Control of strategic rail/air bases.
- Leader archetype: Chief Marshal-President (military technocratic council).
- Population & forces: Mobilizable pool: several million men/women in reserves; active forces ~a few hundred thousand in this autarky’s standing army + coastal/strategic rocket forces.
- Economic base: Heavy industry (defense manufacturing in Urals), shipbuilding (Severodvinsk/Murmansk), mineral extraction in the Arctic; export of security services to neighbors.
- Strategy / strengths: Territorial defence, deterrent forces, logistical hub for union military coordination; guarantees inter-autarky security.
- Bid to Union: Offers collective defence treaty, military integration arrangements (joint command, unified exercises) and control over union strategic deterrent assets in return for autonomy in domestic recruitment and defense industry subsidies.
3 — Interior Security Directorate (FSB-style autarky)
- Represents: FSB / domestic security & surveillance.
- Capital: Lubyanka District (secure administrative complex near core).
- Hinterland / backup territory: Central and southern regions with heavy surveillance infrastructure, secure islands of communications, seats in multiple member autarkies for intelligence networks.
- Leader archetype: Director-Governor (security technocrat backed by legal powers).
- Population & forces: Small public population; security services numbering tens to low hundreds thousands (agents, cyber units, detention/logistics).
- Economic base: Domestic security contracting, data centres, cryptography/security export services.
- Strategy / strengths: Internal control, surveillance infrastructure, counter-subversion, influence in appointments across autarkies.
- Bid to Union: Seeks legal recognition for cross-autarky intelligence sharing and unified interior security protocols; will offer union-wide counter-terrorism & cyber-security services in exchange for legal immunities and funding.
4 — Grey Ops Commons (GRU / military-intelligence autarky)
- Represents: GRU / military intelligence & covert ops.
- Capital: Special Ops Hub (discreet coastal or mountain compound with regional liaison offices).
- Hinterland / backup territory: Strategic access points across Eurasia: Black Sea littoral, Caucasus corridors, portions of Central Asia, clandestine bases abroad (Africa, Middle East).
- Leader archetype: Spymaster-Commander (military intelligence leader with deniability levers).
- Population & forces: Small, highly capable special forces, cyber & sabotage cells (tens of thousands distributed globally).
- Economic base: Off-balance revenue streams via private contracting, logistical businesses, and deniable trade networks.
- Strategy / strengths: Covert influence, asymmetric operations, tech/cyber warfare, secret logistics to support allied autarkies.
- Bid to Union: Proposes an autonomous covert cooperation framework — recognized legal channels for intelligence cooperation, extradition/political protection for assets and personnel, and union funding for black-ops contingencies.
5 — External Outreach Federation (SVR style)
- Represents: SVR / foreign political intelligence & diplomacy.
- Capital: Yasenevo Diplomatic Quarter (embassies & think tanks).
- Hinterland / backup territory: Diplomatic networks across Eurasia, major port cities for supply lines (Novorossiysk, Vladivostok), liaison offices in partner capitals.
- Leader archetype: Chief Diplomat-Director (experienced foreign service leader).
- Population & forces: Professional diplomats + covert human intel cadres (several thousand).
- Economic base: Intelligence-driven trade, cultural exports, diaspora networks, state-funded think-tanks.
- Strategy / strengths: Influence operations, treaty negotiations, soft power projection.
- Bid to Union: Offers diplomatic infrastructure and external relations for the union — negotiates unified external representation while keeping specialist intelligence channels and bilateral partnerships.
6 — Guardian Presidency (FSO / protection autarky)
- Represents: Federal Protective Service — executive protection & secure communications.
- Capital: Presidential Secure District (hardened administrative area).
- Hinterland / backup territory: Fortified corridors around capital, remote secure facilities in Siberia/Urals, diplomatic secure enclaves in partner states.
- Leader archetype: Protector-Marshal (trusted loyalist focused on continuity).
- Population & forces: Small, elite protective units (thousands) and secure comms corps.
- Economic base: Security contracting, secure communications export, encryption services.
- Strategy / strengths: Ensures continuity of governance for the union; provides secure comms hubs and emergency relocation plans for heads of autarkies.
- Bid to Union: Offers to host union highest-security functions and a rotating secure seat; in exchange seeks legal guarantees for unhindered protective sovereignty.
7 — National Guard Union (Rosgvardiya autarky)
- Represents: Rosgvardiya / internal troops & law enforcement mobilization.
- Capital: Internal Security Centre (regional command in Nizhny Novgorod/perm corridor).
- Hinterland / backup territory: Industrial heartlands and urban belts across Eurasia where crowd control and internal order are strategic (Moscow region, Ural cities, select Central Asian cities).
- Leader archetype: Commander-Governor (paramilitary leader integrated with domestic governance).
- Population & forces: Large paramilitary force ~200k–400k in this autarky’s organization (police, gendarmerie, regional units).
- Economic base: Security & infrastructure protection contracts, construction & logistics, internal policing exports.
- Strategy / strengths: Maintain public order, rapid domestic response, protect critical infrastructure.
- Bid to Union: Proposes a union internal security pact (joint rapid response units), standardized training & legal frameworks, and funding to professionalize local security forces under union oversight.
8 — Mercenary Sphere (Private Military Companies cluster)
- Represents: PMCs (Wagner & successors) / flexible force projection.
- Capital: Private Military Directorate (networked HQ, suggested Rostov-plus logistic hubs).
- Hinterland / backup territory: Bases in Africa, Syria, parts of Central Asia; rear bases in southern Russia and coastal Black Sea access.
- Leader archetype: Contractor-Patron (commercially driven warlord-administrator).
- Population & forces: Variable mercenary pools — tens of thousands deployable across theaters.
- Economic base: Security contracting, resource concessions abroad (mining, oil), private logistics & training schools.
- Strategy / strengths: Deniable operations, resource exploitation abroad, fast reaction combat capability.
- Bid to Union: Offers union access to expeditionary force packages and overseas resource access in exchange for legal status as a regulated defense contractor within the union, plus profit-sharing agreements.
9 — Strategic Trading Corporatate Bloc (State corporations)
- Represents: State corporations (Gazprom, Rosneft, Rosatom, Rostec, Sber).
- Capital: Corporate Belt (Moscow + St. Petersburg + regional industrial capitals).
- Hinterland / backup territory: Resource-rich regions: Siberia (gas/oil), Urals (metals), Far East (timber/fish), nuclear sites across the union. Access to pipelines to Europe & Asia.
- Leader archetype: CEO-Governor Council (corporate execs with ministerial seats).
- Population & forces: Large civilian workforce (millions regionally); corporate security services (tens of thousands).
- Economic base: Energy exports, nuclear technology, heavy industry, finance.
- Strategy / strengths: Provide the economic backbone and trade integration — control key export infrastructure and supply chains.
- Bid to Union: Envisions a common market pillar: cross-autarky resource sharing, joint infrastructure projects (pipelines, grids), and corporate representation at the union economic council with guaranteed preferential access to markets.
10 — The Merchant-Banking Canton (Oligarchs / business clans)
- Represents: Oligarch/business clans and private capital.
- Capital: Financial City (Moscow/St. Petersburg hybrid finance hub, with satellite tax/registries in low-tax autarkies).
- Hinterland / backup territory: Offshore-style zones in the union (special economic zones across Black Sea, Caspian littoral, Dubai-style hubs in friendly states), asset havens in neutral Central Asian enclaves.
- Leader archetype: Plutocrat Council (wealthy family/consortium leadership).
- Population & forces: Wealth managers, private security, corporate employees (hundreds of thousands).
- Economic base: Finance, real estate, commodity trading, international capitals.
- Strategy / strengths: Mobilize capital for projects, create investment vehicles, provide liquidity & access to markets.
- Bid to Union: Pushes for a fiscal/financial pillar: a union banking union, investment treaties, favorable tax zones, and legal protections for capital flows — in return will finance union infrastructure and private public-private panels.
11 — Narrative & Broadcasting Commonwealth (State/pro-Kremlin media bloc)
- Represents: Pro-state media and information operations.
- Capital: Mediaplex Metro (Moscow media cluster with studios & data centres across union capitals).
- Hinterland / backup territory: International broadcasting hubs (RT/Sputnik style) with regional production centres in every autarky to tailor messaging.
- Leader archetype: Media Czar (editorial board with state & corporate ties).
- Population & forces: Thousands of journalists, broadcasters, social media teams, technical staff.
- Economic base: Broadcasting revenues, state subsidies, content export deals.
- Strategy / strengths: Narrative control, cultural diplomacy, shaping public opinion union-wide.
- Bid to Union: Requests recognized union media standards, joint broadcasting rights, and a legal framework to counter foreign influence; in exchange offers shared content platforms and cultural exchange programming.
12 — Electoral-Legislative Bloc (United Russia style party autarky)
- Represents: Political parties / legislature engines.
- Capital: Duma-Council Centre (parliamentary complex).
- Hinterland / backup territory: Control over regional party machines across the union, electoral offices, civic mobilization hubs.
- Leader archetype: Party Chair (political manager allied to the Kremlin Core).
- Population & forces: Party apparatus, local cadres, election managers (hundreds of thousands across the union).
- Economic base: State funding for elections, political consulting, patronage networks.
- Strategy / strengths: Legal control, lawmaking, electoral mobilization and legitimization of union institutions.
- Bid to Union: Proposes standardized electoral laws, shared legislative procedures, and a union parliament seat allocation system favorable to existing power centers — in return will legitimize union structures domestically.
13 — Regional Patrons League (Regional strongmen e.g., Chechnya model)
- Represents: Regional governors/strongmen (Kadyrov-like patrons).
- Capital: Federation of Regional Capitals (Grozny, St. Petersburg, Kazan, etc. as nodes).
- Hinterland / backup territory: Semi-autonomous regions with strong local identity — North Caucasus, Tatarstan, Siberian Republics, Far East krais, plus satellite ethnic republics in Central Asia for cultural ties.
- Leader archetype: Vassal-Prince (regional strongman with militia & local resources).
- Population & forces: Large local population bases; regional security forces & militias (tens to hundreds of thousands combined).
- Economic base: Regional resource rents, localized industries, diaspora remittances.
- Strategy / strengths: Local governance flexibility, recruitment pools, cultural legitimacy in minority regions.
- Bid to Union: Offers localized autonomy deals — seeks recognition of regional customary laws, revenue-sharing agreements, and the right to raise local defense units under union oversight.
14 — Legal-Administrative Compact (Judiciary / Prosecutor’s autarky)
- Represents: Judiciary, Prosecutor General, law enforcement legal machinery.
- Capital: High Court City (Supreme Court + Prosecutor HQ).
- Hinterland / backup territory: Judicial academies and enforcement training centers across union; administrative enclaves with strong rule-of-law branding.
- Leader archetype: Chief Prosecutor-Chancellor (legal technocrat).
- Population & forces: Judges, prosecutors, administrative staff, enforcement agencies.
- Economic base: Legal services, enforcement contracting, regulatory fees.
- Strategy / strengths: Legal control over property, ability to shape asset reallocation, enforce union law.
- Bid to Union: Proposes a union judicial framework with a prosecutorial council, common legal codes for cross-autarky dispute resolution, and asset recovery mechanisms — in exchange for prosecutorial primacy on cross-border crimes.
How these 14 fit together into an Anglo-Eurasian Union concept
- Functional Complementarity: Each autarky supplies a distinct functional pillar — governance (Kremlin Core), defence (Northern Shield), security/intel (Interior Security, Grey Ops, External Outreach), economic backbone (Strategic Corporates, Merchant-Banking), domestic order (National Guard Union, Judiciary), cultural/legitimacy (Media, Electoral Bloc, Regional Patrons), and expeditionary/offshore reach (Mercenary Sphere). The union’s strength comes from interdependence: energy & finance flow from corporates/oligarchs to fund defence/security, media shapes cohesion, electoral/legal structures codify the union.
- Territorial design: Each autarky holds contiguous or logically linked territories (some extend abroad or are networked enclaves). Overlap is minimized by assigning functional/sectoral jurisdictions (e.g., intelligence networks operate across borders but the territorial monopoly is held by Regional Patrons or Northern Shield for defense).
- Union governance model: A federative council with reserved competencies — foreign policy & collective defence are joint (Northern Shield + Kremlin Core), economic union rules (Strategic Corporates + Merchant-Banking), internal security protocols (Interior Security & National Guard), legal & legislative harmonisation (Judiciary + Electoral Bloc), external projection (Grey Ops & Mercenary Sphere), and ideological/cultural coherence via Media.
- Membership bids mechanics: Each autarky “bids” by offering its comparative advantage to the union: defence guarantees, resource sharing, capital, media platforms, or legal frameworks. In negotiation it trades sovereignty slices for union roles and cross-autarky vetoes/protections aligned to its core mission.
- Checks & balances: To prevent domination, the union treaty institutes rotating presidencies for key functions (e.g., rotating head of Collective Defence, rotating head of Media Council), binding financial audits, and legally codified limits on paramilitary autonomy (e.g., mercenary forces can be employed abroad only with union mandate).
Practical examples of member bids (quick)
- Northern Shield demands union control/guarantee over strategic nuclear sites and pipeline corridors as condition for joining.
- Strategic Corporates demand monopoly rights on certain cross-union energy exports plus investment protections.
- Merchant-Banking Canton demands an autonomous financial zone and union clearing mechanisms.
- Regional Patrons demand guaranteed autonomy clauses and protected cultural law for their regions.
- Grey Ops Commons demands legal recognition for covert intelligence cooperation and union funding for clandestine contingency units.
Major risks & friction points
- Overlapping jurisdictions: Intelligence, security and paramilitary autarkies may clash over deniability, command, and accountability.
- Resource inequality: Corporates & Merchant banks could centralize wealth, creating resentment from regional autarkies.
- Legitimacy & democracy: Electoral-Legislative Bloc and Media control risk producing union legitimacy crises and international rejection.
- External reaction: Neighboring states and Western powers would oppose and sanction deeply integrated autarkies, complicating trade & membership recognition.
- Fragmentation: PMCs and regional strongmen can become spoilers if integrated poorly.
Short roadmap for implementation (practical steps)
- Draft a Union Charter assigning functional competences and safeguarding autarky interests (security, legal immunity, revenue shares).
- Create provisional councils where each autarky marshals its offer (defence, energy, finance, media).
- Pilot projects: joint energy grid between Strategic Corporates + Merchant Banking; shared internal security exercise (Rosgvardiya + National Guard Union); a union digital media platform (Media + External Outreach).
- Legal harmonization: Judiciary + Electoral Bloc draft common codes, with opt-outs for regional patrons.
- External diplomacy: External Outreach leads negotiations for recognition and trade deals; Merchant-Banking supplies financing guarantees.
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