Soviet Republics

Sort of a hard riddle; the idea of these three places, that are simultaneously distinct, and overlapping, and synonymous.

Until I came up with the answer; 'Russia' -

A huge territory, the name for whose people, narod, is also the word they use for 'nation'.

mmj

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[Alan Kirby]

There's where we live – which might be anywhere - and the territory in which we are planted. Up to our ankles? Up to our knees? Up to our neck?
The place where our hearts take root.
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