According to expectations the power in Turkmenistan could not have changed...

Turkmen Bashi (Niyazov, aka "father of all Turkmen") was an egomanical psycopath, so while yes he was intensely nationalistic, he was bad for his people. The largest building under his rule was a solid gold statue of himself in Ashgabat that rotated to face the sun. Turkmenistan large natural gas resources, and theoretical oil reserves in the Caspian, but who cares? We've got Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation for that.

In short: **** Turkmenistan.