[quote=ImportantNobody]
I posted at the same time you did with an explanation to this issue. Saudi Arabia was the first to take advantage of this, and that is all they needed for that all important preemptive strike to take place. By the time schematics cold have been stolen they already had their butts whooped.
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Fair, but personally I'd still opt for a more gender-equal country to serve as the antagonist. France, for instance, has a much more educated female population already in various seats of power in politics, and many more are serving as scientists, soldiers, and so on, allowing them to run their country with much more ease than Saudi Arabia. Of course, my knowledge of Arabic culture is pretty much nil, so I'll leave this up to you :D

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Sounds good to me! I just like the storyline as simple as possible so my brain doesn't explode. Politics hurt my head.