Tim, I think you missed the line that followed:
>>True, we've have many imperfections, but we keep trying to improve with age. <<
I didn't name all our imperfections but I'll toss out two biggies: Our treatment of the Indians and Slavery was terrible....
In real life, Nicholas II certainly wasn't perfect, however, in this "what if" world, if he had been more prepared and understood the real purpose of the First Duma in 1906 he should have established elective officials that represented all of the Russian citizens and cut out the "absolute power" by the Tsar by giving the Duma some real teeth [power and money] to establish their resolutions. Perhaps his goal would have been something like but not exactly like the British since this would be a just the beginning stages of a new government.
AGRBear