1v1 Duels... what are fair nation matches?

[Saarud]

Great idea. I'd love to see a ladder of some kind. I think all of your ideas are great even though it sounds abit boring playing against an identical matchup.

I'd like more the concept of each player chosing a nation and then starting two games one with your choice of nation the other with your opponents choice of nation, playing both games at the same time and the first to lose either game lose the match.

Whatever system used what would be the most fair game settings all around?

edit: Perhaps starting with random nations would be a good idea because I think some people specializes in certain nation with bless rushing and that doesn't show anything about the skill of the game. Also playing random nations can be fun as you could get nations you don't often use.