For a country that (according to 4chan's /k/ subreddit) has been an impoverished miserable failure full of alcoholic drug addict subhumans since its very inception, Russia sure has done a good job of maintaining sovereignty and land claims (in fact, holding the record for largest country for about 300 years in a row if we include Imperial Russia).

How is this possible? Surely someone would see how eternally weak Russia allegedly is and want their natural resources at the very least. I don't think the claim of "Cold northern land is useless" makes sense because of the relative prosperity of Canada, Alaska, etc. Russia is definitely incredibly rich in natural resources and the land will only grow in value as the planet warms and northern latitudes become more viable for agriculture and human settlement.

>TL;DR: what's the secret sauce here? One can't realistically believe the Russian Federation has been a third world shithole since forever while also maintaining relatively high sovereignty and territorial claims.

Why does /v/ say they're asshurt in video games? They're always bro tier in mine