[quote=SaintArey]
Not sure about the npc thing, I am sure non-aligned players could have a great deal of fun getting each block to try and win them over with money and weapons.
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Well yea, that's what I mean. Those that are outside both NATO's and Warsaw Pact's influence could be used later on for that purpose. That was kind of the point of the Cold War, an ideological battle to get as many over to your side as you can.