[quote=@Aeonumbra]
[@Didgeridont] On a note about the Soviet Collapse, and perhaps this will be a question that will help [@Deaddrop]. What has happened to Russia? Is it owned by another country or does it still self-govern somehow?
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What happened to Russia in our own world? The CCCP collapsed, so did their economy (for a time). Russia was still able to become a world power primarily due to its vast oil and natural gas reserves. The Chechen Wars still occurred, as well as their involvement in Ukraine. However, like the rest of the world, the Russian government ultimately capitulated to corporate interests. The popular opinion on corporations differ around the world, and it can be assumed people familiar with the Soviet Union and the Iron Curtain (like Russia, Poland, Hungary, etc.) are more weary and critical of rampant corporate dominion, while more western cultures are less discriminating as a result of being gently weaned into this lifestyle over the course of a century of cushy living and consumerism. 

You can mainly assume that everything that has happened up until 2017 has happened in this universe, with minor adjustments mainly relating to super-secret stuff in the government or minor business ventures/corporate expansion (as in the case of Night City).