Anna of Russia

The obstinacy and cruelty of Anna of Russia can be explained by her upbringing, she was raised for the nunnery and grew up confined to a royal cult of domesticity which did not allow for her personality to develop properly. The our Supreme Privy Council has decided to publicly support her as our new ruler, hoping that she will become a figurehead or at least malleable enough to allow them to rule through her. A set of laws that will limit her powers is being drafted, prohibiting Anna to start war, call for peace, create new taxes, or promote individuals to high ranks. Nor will she be able to punish nobility without trial, grant estates or villages, promote anyone to court office, and she will not be able to spend the revenue generated by the state. Eight hundred noblemen have heard the rumors of Anna's possible ascent to the throne and have signed a petition that will urge her to continue to rule in an autocratic style and to continue to carry out Peter the Great's political, social, and economic advances. We doubt that Anna will become a figurehead, nor will she be easy to control. She was brought to the our court early in life, making her well prepared to handle political structure. With the favor of the Imperial guards and the lesser nobility, Anna will get her way.