For an thought experiment, which Russia, based on a real scenario and not the gamey way hoi4 works, would be the most prosperous Russia and under what conditions?

I think the democracies are strong contenders due to being able to unify peacefully, and avoiding war is essential to building a prosperous society. It would also be necessary for all the unifiers to be at least of the same economic system, or something similar to East Germany could happen (transitioning economic systems would be very harsh on the regions). cooperation and integration with the global economy would probaly be also essential in creating a prosperous state, altough I don't know to what extent this is possible in this timeline...

Outside factors would need to be accounted for as well, who leads the others superpowers and such. I can't ever see anyone but the Gang of Four willing to do any trade at all with Russia for example.

It does somewhat fall down to personal beliefs, but yeah, It kinda got me thinking which combinations of warlords and events would make the most prosperous Russia in the TNO universe.