*And* Russia is convinced that in *any* sort of Anglo-Russian Conflict, the British will take AlaskaAs of right now it’s kinda… useless. It’s just a big snowball. It’s only use before was otters but the Russian hunters literally murdered them too fast so it has no use. (In the future it’s learned there is both gold and also oil which changes things tremendously) but I’m 1868 it’s a wasteland tile. Also Russia the heartland of Russia is unimaginably far from Alaska and it’s hard to manage. Right now Alaska is losing the Tzar a lot of money.