Russian Empire

History
Upon Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Serbia Russia announced it would support Serbia. They initially saw success however, the battle of Tannenberg ended the Russian offensive against Germany. Success continued in the south against Austria until timely German reinforcements ended the offensive. Shortly after this success the Central Powers launched a combined offensive to push the Russians out of Austria once and for all. This offensive was successful causing the Russians to lose eight months worth of gained ground in mere weeks and hundreds of thousands of casualties.

Gameplay
Main Advantage: Man power

Campaign
You have the largest supply of raw manpower among any of the warring countries, and have the most land. This means you can simply allow the enemy to invade until the are stretched to thin to properly fight superior numbers. The other effective strategy is bloody war of attrition and simply whittle your enemy down. Russian air power is rather limited and utilizes mostly foreign designs. To the contrary Russian armor is far less reliant on foreign designs and some of the more deadly models are even domestically produced. The Russians also have the ability to the make the Tsar Tank, a very costly, very deadly, heavy tank.