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[[Category:Nations]]
[[Category:Asia]]
[[Category:Central Asia]]
[[Category:Russian Bloc]]
* '''Population:''' 22 million
* '''Aspects:''' Stable, Totalitarian, Third Wave
At the beginning of the century, Kazakstan faced serious
problems: an unstable economy, ecological devastation
left over from the Soviet era, and tensions between the
[[Russia]]n and Kazak populations. Balanced against this was
significant oil and mineral wealth, along with partial control
over the old Soviet launch facilities at Baykonur.

Faced with these challenges, Kazakstan struggled
along for several years. The last elected government fell to
an ethnic-Russian putsch in 2018, which seized control
with support from the military. By 2024, an oil tycoon
named Sergei Maksimovitch Zarubayev had outmaneuvered
all his rivals and become the country’s dictator.

In 2100, Zarubayev is still the absolute ruler of Kazakstan,
having stayed in power through a combination of
physical longevity, clever politics, and utter ruthlessness.
More than any dictator in modern history, he has stamped
his personal vision on his own country. Ethnic Russians
form the elite of his state; non-Russians (and especially
Muslims) suffer vicious police-state oppression. Under
him, Kazakstan has meddled in politics all over central
Asia: supporting nationalistic movements in Russia, interfering
in the internal affairs of other post-Soviet states, rattling
sabers with China, and so on.

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