Aurora

Aurora, officially the Tsardom of Aurora or the Empire of Aurora, is a nation encompassing most of the northern Asia and eastern Europe.

Aurora is by far the largest country in the Tigeric Stories world, and shares many traits with pre-1917 Russia.

Background
While it is yet unknown when or by whom was the Tsardom of Aurora formed, it was already a great power by 1700s.

Aurora joined the Great War alongside Francia and Caledonia in 1914. Despite early successes, Aurori armies were beaten by Imperials one battle to another, and by 1916 the frontline had reached the outskirts of Minsk. However, the resistance activity in Mazovian area greatly hindered Imperial ability to wage war that far from home, and in 1917, Aurora and Imperium signed the Treaty of Brest. While officially a white peace, Aurora had suffered great losses during the war, and in November of 1917, Aurori military turned the guns towards the nation itself.

After two years of fighting, this unofficial civil war ended with government establishing control over what remained of the country - parts of Ruthenia had fallen to rising power of Anomalia, while Central Asia revolted in 1918 -, and the reconstruction era began. Great projects were undertaken with the money previously used to fund the military, with one example being the White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal, also known as White Canal.

The Black Wednesday of 1925 hit reconstructing Aurora hard, leading to the Famine of 1927 in Caucasus and Volga region. Despite this, the construction projects continued, and with the coronation of Anastasia the First, the reconstruction era officially ended.

Anastasia immediately made it clear that the foreign policy of her predecessors will not last, and in 1930 Aurora invaded the Chagatai State. After three-year partisan warfare against the invaders, however, it became apparent that Aurori army was in dire need of reform. In 1933, Anastasia and the rebels reached an agreement and established the autonomous Chagatai Nomad Republic, effectively placing the Central Asia under indirect Aurori control.

Anastasia wasn't idle on economic front either. She began hundreds of factory constructions, and sought to bring Aurora from medieval to modern era. Rapid industrialization gave work to millions, but the conservative society of Aurora still needs to familiarize itself with the newest of so called "Western witchcraft".

Despite the defeat in the war with Aestia in 1933, shortly after Tiiger Salkri rose to power, Aurori military acquired a lot of experience in modern warfare, and during the negotiations leading to the Peace of Valga, Aurora approached Imperium in an attempt to regain the lost Ilmenian province. Imperium agreed, reluctantly, and soon Aurora regained the access to the Baltic Sea.