First of all, this is SONGFIC. I EARNESTLY recommend you to listen to the music, which I was inspired by: 1) Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin "Maman, dites-moi..." 2) César Cui "I touched the bloom lightly..." or Ц. Кюи "Коснулась я цветка..." 3) Georgy Sviridov, Romance "Snowstorm" or Георгий Свиридов, Романс "Метель" 4) Rakhmaninov "Do you remember that evening..." or Рахманинов "Ты помнишь ли вечер..." The best way to find it on YouTube. Relationships between these two countries I see as unique, from the Russian point of view, at least. Other characters: British Empire, USSR, Prussia (on the background), German Empire (mentioned)