"Mmm, I suppose I have." Both as a nation and personally. It was always difficult to sit back and watch his people march off to battle, and more often than not Ivan found himself fighting alongside them. War was just a part of life for him.

He considered the question with a thoughtful expression. "Well, I couldn't give up when my people were counting on me, could I? I would do anything for them." A pause, and then he smiled widely. "Oh, and it always helped to imagine the looks on my opponent's face when I destroyed them."