The Soviet Union at its peak was the world’s largest state, encompassing tens of smaller countries and over a hundred distinct ethnic groups. As a result of this multicultural nature, nationalistic and ethnic ties were strongly discouraged, and instead a new Soviet identity was fostered among the population. To cement this new identity and preserve the new generation’s loyalty to the recently created Soviet state, artificial borders were drawn across the country with little regard to the ethnic groups they split up. At the same time, many people were relocated away from their homelands in the Caucasus or Eastern Europe to Central Asia and Siberia, all while ethnic Russians replaced them. Although these programs ended after the Stalin regime, their effects could not easily be reversed. The internal borders of the former Soviet Union map the new international boundaries of 15 distinct states, and their current populations became their new citizens, leading to a multitude of issues regarding ethnic relations and new border disputes.

Today, these policies have resulted in the formation several quasi-independent regions with varying degrees of recognition from the international community. In this three-way crisis, delegates will operate under three cabinets: Transnistria, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia. All three of these regions are separatist states within Moldova (Transnistria) and Georgia (Abkhazia and South Ossetia),  which rely on the Russian government for economic and military support. Overall, little to no progress has been made over the years in ending any of these conflicts with a permanent solution, or even a sustained peaceful coexistence. It will be up to the delegates to dive headfirst into these three complicated and distinct regions, attempting to present solutions that result in a sustained peace or final settlement.