Considering either Japan or Finland. Because on one hand, I get to be right next to all the exiting stuff like China and North Korea. On the other hand, I could bring that Finnish hunter lady out of the void that is being in a half-finished story and put her in. I guess it all depends on just how aggressive this RP's Putin is going to be.
Be Ethiopia. I need some allies here. The closest player I have is Iran, and that's a whole different continent.