JBear, just out of curiosity, what do you know about Russians? You were scared of the reds as a little baby American, scared by men whose power and influence depended on the Soviets being evil. But historically, Russia has been more religious then anything else. I think someone already gave the arguments concerning the Orthodox church.
But even if you say that russians in civ represent the soviets- which they do not- you will see they are not more militaristic then any major western power. If you look at the modern era, who exports the most weapons? The US of A! Who spends by far the most money on defense? Same! And that's in the 21st century, without any serious threats from abroad! Now who's militaristic? Continuing with russians representing the Soviets argument, Communism can be argued to have been the biggest religious movement of the 20th century, with its Christ- Lenin, its Father- Marx and its Holy Spirit- work. Even if you dont agree that Communism was a religion, you must agree that it is based on faith, and faith is a trademark of a religious culture. Thus, even if you say the russians are actually Soviets, that makes them religious.
So I vote for Expansionist and Religious... though I am not against Scientific, as the Russians are clever, and given the opportunity will do good science - even in the last century. As for this century, let me remind you that black holes were theoretically accepted in Russia twenty years ahead of the west.
But even if you say that russians in civ represent the soviets- which they do not- you will see they are not more militaristic then any major western power. If you look at the modern era, who exports the most weapons? The US of A! Who spends by far the most money on defense? Same! And that's in the 21st century, without any serious threats from abroad! Now who's militaristic? Continuing with russians representing the Soviets argument, Communism can be argued to have been the biggest religious movement of the 20th century, with its Christ- Lenin, its Father- Marx and its Holy Spirit- work. Even if you dont agree that Communism was a religion, you must agree that it is based on faith, and faith is a trademark of a religious culture. Thus, even if you say the russians are actually Soviets, that makes them religious.
So I vote for Expansionist and Religious... though I am not against Scientific, as the Russians are clever, and given the opportunity will do good science - even in the last century. As for this century, let me remind you that black holes were theoretically accepted in Russia twenty years ahead of the west.
