This is a Universe where each iteration of a country can maintain the same representative, depending on how the arc ended. This means Russia and Soviet Union are the same person, this tracks all the way back to the Tsardom of Russia. This is the same for every country. With this idea Russia and America are 60 years apart, meanwhile they are both over 400 years old. The timeline will dot around a little bit, so do your best to keep up.

This is so cringe oh lord. I really thought I was doing the CH fandom a service with this book...