[quote=Chapatrap]
 I'd say go with Kazakhstan or France. Kazakhstan is quite a big country yet it hasn't been explored much and as far as I know, it isn't communist, so you can build up some sweet canon for yourself. France still has a few colonies floating about and probably back to it's old, second-rate power.
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Apart from the point where China is supplying the Khazak army and has some military bases there.