[DakaSha]

i think something that would be important is that nations are decided 'simultaneously' to avoid the choosing of nations known (or thought...) to be extremely good against the first one chosen... and to avoid constant nation switches

this could be done in several ways... the first coming to mind is just pming a neutral (trustworthy) player the choices and him announcing it.

if both choose the same the choice is redone... and here something interesting happens.. kind of a rock paper scissors thing: either both choose the same again and its redone... one keeps the chosen nation and the other chooses a nation that IS considered good against the first chosen... or one player even chooses a nation considered good against the race considered good against the first. lol. im sure there was an easier way to put that :P

or of course both just choose two random other nations.

now this in a way goes against the whole point of not choosing a nation based on its strength against another but since it is controllable and in my eyes interesting and fun i think id like it.