(Second edition Tartistani Moneta bills which feature paintings of the Russian River.)
Even to this day, the Russian River is still a big part of Tartistani culture. When our glorious nation was first formed, our original claim was a small rocky piece of land by the Russian River in Monte Rio, California. Although we no longer have territory there, an ally of ours known as the Republic of Casualandia is currently based in Monte Rio on that same piece of land.
(The land that used to be the mainland of Tartistan, and is now the mainland of Casualandia.)