Soviet Union

The Soviet Union (Russian: Сове́тский Сою́з, tr. Sovetsky Soyuz; IPA: [sɐˈvʲɛt͡skʲɪj sɐˈjus]), officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR; Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик (СССР), tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik (SSSR); IPA: [sɐˈjus sɐˈvʲɛtskʲɪx sətsɨəlʲɪsˈtʲitɕɪskʲɪx rʲɪˈspublʲɪk] (About this sound listen)), also known unofficially as Russia (Russian: Росси́я, tr. Rossiya; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə]), is a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 up to today, rather than 1991, thanks to non-human sapients preventing the breakup of the Soviet Union. Nominally a union of multiple equal national Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized. The country is a one-party federation, governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital.