Post; Why can't former Soviet states stay together as one country?

Red_Army · April 8th, 2005

After the fall of the USSR in 1991, every Soviet state wanted independence.

My question is, why can't they stay together as one country? For example, "Republic of Soviet Union."

I think that if former Soviet states stayed together after the fall of communism, they could have a much larger military, a higher population, larger resources, and more GDP. All of this while in a Democratic system.

April 8th, 2005
Red_Army Optio	Post; Why can't former Soviet states stay together as one country? After the fall of the USSR in 1991, every Soviet state wanted independence. My question is, why can't they stay together as one country? For example, "Republic of Soviet Union." I think that if former Soviet states stayed together after the fall of communism, they could have a much larger military, a higher population, larger resources, and more GDP. All of this while in a Democratic system.