I'll take earthquakes and tsunamis over living in Russia any day. The weather is cold, the people are cold, and the demographics are even colder than Japan's. The only thing hot are their nukes, their women (if you don't mind paying for play), and their trigger fingers.
maybe you'll be able to explain how all the "nobodys" who live there currently get along? like the millions in Novosibirsk or Irkutsk?