[quote=HeySeuss]
Bingo, you said it so I don't have to. It's an authoritarian government (some totalitarian leanings when it comes to nationalism and violence against gays) with some very traditionalist elements to it.
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He's taken a page out of the book of Facism. Make a scapegoat? Check. One national party? Check. Kill or imprison anyone who could stand in your way? Check. Inspire nationalist fervour based on race or culture? Check.

This is the basic setup for Empire. If we're lucky, he'll take Crimea and be done with it, snuggling up to his warm water port.

If not, well... Anyone got a nuclear bunker for me to chill in, by chance?