I'll be honest... I was very close, after you first asked me to keep my focus in the U.S., asking if I could make a nation of Carribean pirates that attacked the shores of New England on motorboats converted into attack boats.

I thought better of it. Gonna shoot you that PM, by the by, so I can do all my editing in one fell swoop.

EDIT: [@Dinh AaronMK] Point taken, there. ...The nuclear arms race is a silly, scary thing.

EDIT2: You know, I could see the whole "squandering resources that could be used to feed people so we can get battle-ready vehicles made instead" being a really fun plot point, too. Argh.