World War I is just cray-cray. It's a disaster. I think that Nicholas II believed that the war would benefit him, that nationalism and patriotism, people would come running to the Tsar, he would be the great leader again, but he gets his ass whooped. Not only does he get his ass whooped, but he becomes like commander of the army and gets his ass whooped, which makes it even worse. The Ottoman Empire, which allied with Germany, is a humongous southern blockade now. The Russians can't get supplies. They begin to run out of food.