[quote=shivershiver]
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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France will be another good villain, perhaps the most powerful country in opposition to the allies, but no reason we can't have a Saudi Arabia turned empire as well. Besides, we can't pass up on Iranian female ninjas:
[img]http://fouman.com/history/img/Karaj_Iranian_Girl_Ninjas.jpg[/img]
Yes, that's a real thing. Saudi Arabia would have taken over Iran by then so could have these ninjas as their own elite forces. :)

Hmm...and speaking of ninjas, what about Japan?