Russia has more arable land than any other polity on our planet. I find it awfully suspicious that famines were somewhat frequent, and so conveniently not his doing. China had a long history of famines, but they’re often weather-related. A famine requires a good excuse, you can’t just be like “oops”. Otherwise you should be fixing it before the humans all starve, which takes weeks at a minimum, usually much longer since there are some things to eat.

Thank you for your reasonable response btw. I’m enjoying this conversation with the people that are willing to actually have a serious one. I know I probably look like a troll, but I’m really not trolling.