Been a while so maybe the Fins might have focused on prestige research and all the other nations got a whooping. And yes that is the USSR
I would love to learn the game so im interested
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Teach him on something like Sweden or something that is out of the way and can just learn at his own pace. Rather then Prussia and get goomba stomped by france-russia alliance. The economy system is weird to say the least
I find either Chile or Sweden are good starter station. Both get left alone, for the most part, and both have a decent base of industrial mats to get going. In Chile's case they have a surplus of 2 metal RGO's that they can exploit for a good long time and use to dominate SA with.