Well that makes sense...
How would Lenin be shipped into Russia if the Germans couldn't get him into neutral Finland? There would be no sensible way for them to do that and if the Russians were winning, that means less dissent and more rallying around the Tsar.
It would be really neat to have support for a "victorious Russia". Plenty of opportunity to reform or continue stagnation. Also, involvement in the peace plans would be quite interesting. Would Russia have supported Yugoslavia's existence? Would Russia have allowed an independent Poland formed from German/Austrian land, or would it have wanted those lands? What would Russia do to the Ottomans once they were finally slain? What of the expansion of Japan's influence? Would Russia have been the gendarmerie of Europe and stomped on the communists in Hungary? So many possibilities!
Couldn't agree more! My only shame is that I won like a month or two after the Czar had fled, I had hoped to win with my initial leader and not Alexander Kz.. whatever his name is, the guy that replaced the goverment atm.
I /did/ get messages about how a new Military (Land) Chief has come, and he wants the current head of state to step down so he doesn't answer to anybody. I tried to invade Romania/Czech/Serbs but the Czechs have an event that puts them at peace, so that's difficult.. I decided to invade Persia again. Western Europe has been granted mercy for fighting in the war by me, as has Japan as they send troops to my lands to help me out.
I don't know if it's nessesarily a bad thing that the USSR wasn't formed, but I know IRL it got Russia to industrialise.. However I got a bigger nation now as I got quite the conquest and ongoing, so maybe it won't matter.
Thanks for the answers.
Edit: Turning all my sliders so it's Left and Authorian makes me a Leninist with him incharge, but that doesn't make me the Union. I'll continue to fight the war as my victorious Russia, I should be proud imo.
The Soviet Union became after all, I released Slovakia and Socialist Republic of Romania as puppets so my dissent increased, I annexed Persia and I had freed the Bolshevik prisoners when I was given a choice.. They took over now. Not sure if I should continue to play like this or go back and try to keep Russia as Russia.
Edit: I am starting to think it may not be a bad idea to let the Soviet come, I kind of want (a real russia) there as the one with the Czar, not a replacement provisional goverment. Which event is the one to release the Bolsheviks? I already had it but maybe if I trigger it again the USSR will be born after all.
Edit: I loaded back and decided to go the USSR way, but without as much drama as it would normally be. So I took an laternative route to letting the USSR become, even after Lenin failed his first attempt. I will make a new safe too. Thanks all.