User blog comment:Jeremiah Garland/Roleplay: Treaty of Lisbon (1745)/@comment-3300047-20120420052803/@comment-3112181-20120420210429

And Portugal isn't "Russia", it's only in the ''Russian Empire. ''It is still independent and she is still the autocratic queen. Think of it like this: Today, Canada, Ireland, Australia, and Belize are all independent nations, without doubt. However, they are part of the British Commonwealth and their monarch is Queen Elizabeth II.