That sounds great, Llamabeast! Thank you.
RAND games are particularly fun to host, because you get to watch the game, and the players are eager to have *someone* to receive their comments about how things are going. One player in the current RAND is essentially spinning me a mini-yarn. So, I encourage other hosting-types to host a RAND now and again, if it interests them.
Regarding anticipatient's idea of obscuring who is playing the game, I think part of the fun is knowing who is playing but not knowing what nation they are. The guessing game is fun, particularly if the players already know each other fairly well.