The defensive bonus is not negated because, oddly, Sere kicked all the people out of the combat zones and built up a defence without sabotage. And basically, Sere has total control over the NWO(It seems, which is why I am slightly uncomfortable with the whole thing) so he is utilizing the whole Eastern Hemisphere, just like Stalin =P Yes but that's what I'm annoyed with. Sere is using the figures for the entire NWO, yet the other countries in the NWO are also using those figures, so he's essentially creating soldiers out of nothing and they're being tallied into his forces by you.