Hmmmmm... I would prefer a more societal game, where we could build our empires, have random events occur, try to overcome them, work together to solve problems...ect ect. Hence why I like the idea of not have the free nations to conquer, they just generate tension which makes the game interesting by anti-climatic. I would be interesting to have societies of spandex wearers and bearskin wearers almost side by side. Probably not for everyone though =( But...but...then what would I do? That's an idea I had. For example, the outcome of WWII could have been different, and France, Italy, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, etc. could be part of the German Empire. Or the British Empire could be still intact, rather than being dismembered. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv9fFCpusQc&feature=related It would be awesome if we could play as major world powers, and each major power could be ruled by multiple players. For example, in the alternate universe, a person could be part of the British Empire, but they rule a colony or whatever. Could be done like the Hearts of Iron Doomsday-Armageddon scenario, where there's like...19 super-powers in the world, I'll go find it somewhere. :P I don't mind starting over, but like Grim said I think this is more of a short lull.