[Sir_Dr_D]

I will agree that we should go with the format of what the original poster picked. He has put a lot of thought into this. Remember that easy reasearch is on, which will help balance the nations. Also we know the nation that we will be fighting against, so we can include counters to that nation right in our build.

I don't think that the method listed for using random numbers for nation selection would work though. Wouldn't the most logical number to pick be 50, which everyone would then take? Instead the numbers should be seen as going around in a circle like a clock. (That means that 1, would come after 100) The persons number that is closest to the generated number in a clockwise direction gets the nation. That way there is no halfway point.