Nevoruss is a fictional Europe

Europe

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an country created by Russian

Russians

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 writer Grigoriy Demidovtsev

Grigoriy Demidovtsev

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 as the location for his series of seven novels. "Nevoruss " is the Russian

Russian language

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 word for "Neva Russ," literally “Russ at the Neva river

Neva River

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”. Nevoruss is considered to be a successor state of the Novgorod Republic

Novgorod Republic

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. It managed to avoid Muscovite conquest in the 15th century and due to commercial activity of its inhabitants continued to thrive. Thus Russia

Russia

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 had never united, so its place shares Nevoruss and Muscovy. Their opposition resembles that of Jesusland

Jesusland map

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 and the United States of Canada

Jesusland map

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. Besides Russian territories Nevoruss due to its early colonial expansion also controlled the Baltic states

Baltic states

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, Scandinavia

Scandinavia

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 with Iceland

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 and Greenland

Greenland

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, some parts of North America

North America

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 (including Alaska

Alaska

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 and the whole Canada

Canada

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) as well as some important islands (among them Cuba

Cuba

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, Canaries

Canary Islands

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 and Hawaiian Islands

Hawaii

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).