Russia, also officially known as the Russian Federal Republic, is one of the world's largest nations in terms in area, only suprassed by the French Empire. It is a federal presidential republic, consisting of 46 soviet republics and one federal city. The country shares borders with the Poles, Hungarians, Scandinavians, and Balkanians in the west, Persia-Arabia and India to the south, and the Asian Union to the east. It also has maritime borders with the Asian Union (Sea of Okhotsk), Scandinavia (Arctic Ocean), and the United States (Nicholas Bay). The country's immense size makes it one of the largest, most populous, more resource abundant, and most ethnically diverse in the world. Being the sixth most populous country in the world, spanning 11 time zones, and having over 100 ethnicities,