This video explores what the world would be like if the Soviet Union reunited in 2017. The reunited Soviet Union would encompass 15 countries, including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and others, covering an area larger than three continents, two oceans, and one former planet. The population would be approximately 294 million people, with ethnic Russians making up 46% of the population. The Soviet Union would have a large economy, ranking eighth in the world, with a GDP of $2.034 trillion. The military would be significant, with a budget of $80.4 billion, the fourth largest in the world, and a potential size of four million soldiers. The Soviet Union would also possess the largest nuclear arsenal in the world, with 7,300 warheads, and would be the world's largest oil producer. However, the economy would be struggling, and population growth would be stagnant. The video also explores the implications of a reunited Soviet Union, including the potential for a resumption of the Cold War and the impact on global politics.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The Soviet Union dissolved in 1991.
2. If the Soviet Union reunited in 2017, it would encompass Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
3. The reunited Soviet Union would be the largest country in the world, covering an area bigger than Australia, Antarctica, South America, the Arctic Ocean, and the Southern Ocean.
4. The Soviet Union would have 11 time zones.
5. The population of the Soviet Union would be approximately 294 million people.
6. The Soviet Union would rank fourth in population, behind the United States, China, and India.
7. The population of the Soviet Union in 1991 was almost the same as it would be in 2017, at 293 million people.
8. The American population in 1991 was 248 million people, but it had increased to nearly 319 million people by 2017.
9. Ethnic Russians would make up about 46% of the Soviet population.
10. Russian would be the dominant language of the state, with 58% of the population able to speak and understand it.
11. The capital city of the Soviet Union would be Moscow.
12. The top five largest cities in the Soviet Union would be Moscow, St. Petersburg (renamed Leningrad), Kiev, Tashkent, and Minsk.
13. The Soviet economy would be the eighth-largest in the world, with a GDP of $2.034 trillion.
14. The GDP per capita in the Soviet Union would be $6,899, ranking 76th in the world.
15. The Soviet military would have a budget of $80.4 billion, the fourth-largest in the world.
16. The Soviet military would have 1 million 436,000 active-duty soldiers, the second-highest number in the world.
17. The Soviet military would have 2 million 884,000 soldiers in reserve.
18. The Soviet Union would have the largest nuclear arsenal in the world, with 7,300 warheads.
19. The Soviet Union would be the largest oil-producing country in the world, producing 12 million 966,000 barrels of oil per day.
20. If the Soviet Union were to add all of the former territory that once belonged to the older Russian Empire, its population would increase to 313 million people, its GDP would increase to $2.541 trillion, and it would become the world's sixth-largest economy.