@ Leif: Good point. Marx's original vision of an ideal society (the Communist society) was that of an anarchy, without chaos and exploitation but also without a state that controls everything (no I'm not an outspoken Marxist)- an utopia. Socialism, according to Marx, was just the transient state- the phase of the Proletariat's Dictatorship that should wipe out any differences between the classes.
Another suggestion: How about renaming Communist State into Stalinist System? But this will be a touchy issue again .
During my current (imperialistic and hopefully pan-Islamic) game as Saudi Arabia, Franco converted to Islam
! Well this can be explained as a sudden pro-Islamic shift in his foreign politics, believing that he could keep the remains of Spain's colonial empire by allying himself with the Islamic world.
My plan (which is far away from being realpolitik) consists of four steps:
I.a Unifying the Islamic world under the banner of the House of Saud (ideal constellation:UAR destroyed, PA with Iran), using Israel as a meatshield. Liberating the Muslims who live under anarchy (Barbarian cities).
I.b Trying to spread Islam all the time (perhaps someone will convert voluntarily)
II. Conquering the Maghreb, Al-Hind and Al-Andalus, re-converting the latter afterwards.
IV. If the devilish non-Believers are not in possession of nuclear weaponry the liberation of our Muslim brothers living under Communist or Western tyranny will follow.
Nevertheless, the forging of an Islamic alliance against the non-believers (the Reds and my Western "allies") finally shows some progress. I could conquer Baghdad before Israel or Iran.
The UAR starts to like me. Yet those Persian Shi'ites are so hard to convince! They seem to hate me.
This could become a clash of the theocracies. Despite our bad relations,
I'll need Israel for that (as a short-time ally)- yet they are not ready to wage war yet. If they don't like me, then they will have to fear my wrath (but Saudi Arabia is so damn weak).
I hope Nasser will keep supporting me.
With my funds, Nationhood and Military Indoctrination I could revive the Prophet's empire...
BTW: I hate it to be a nit-picker (the inclusion of Spain is great!- Finally I can fight Franco or use him as a pawn) but shouldn't it be be the Kingdom of Spain (it was proclaimed monarchy in 1947), as the Falange was staunchly monarchist? And a (at least in his early years) "fascist"/rightist dictator wouldn't choose Communist State as a favourite civic, would he (OK, that's a different story if you're an adherent of the Totalitarism Theory)? I'd recommend Hereditary Rule or Nationhood- hey, he wanted to restore Spanish monarchy in his last years... And this civics point out that Franco's rule was a military dictatorship. The title Caudillo would also be better than just general. And- that's also just a question of your preferences- I would give Spain a city representing it's North African possessions, like Melilla or Ceuta (Bilbao could be removed then). Let's just hope that the FLN doesn't try to take it (for the sake of realism).
Furthermore, Islam should be present in Kashgar- Xinjiang is the home of China's largest Muslim minorities.
And the two cities representing Indonesia should be called either Aceh or Banjarmasin (or Kuching, if you consider placing it by the coast- but it'd be British then)- just a typing/generalisation issue.
On Religion: Finally, I fully accept your decisions. I was about to introduce Maoism as a separate religion, but that would isolate China too much. But I wouldn't say that Zen Buddhism is separate from Buddhism as a whole (remember that not only the Japanese are Zen Buddhists and that Zen originally came from India and China as dhyana or chan). The Taiji could indeed stand for the Oriental view of life (including, on the spiritual side Taoism etc. and on the more secular side Confucianism which also believes in the principle of Dao). It is so universal that Koreans and Mongolians included it in their national flag. Asian values/culture which South Koreans, particularly Singaporeans, Taiwanese, (contemporary) Chinese (it depends on your POV if you see the two formerly mentioned as a part of them) and Japanese claim to be the source for their economical post-war boom is still- in my opinion- a better choice. As a religion present in Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei, Hong Kong and Singapore it should give some economical boost, reflecting the stunning success stories of these countries/colonies/city states. 0% influence- that just doesn't seem to be right.
PS: Please don't believe that I am Japonophobic (sp? shouldn't it be like that as in Japonic languages), just because I want Zen Buddhism to be changed and renamed.But the phenomenon of the East Asian boom is too important to be omitted, and in this way (you could also place markets, banks or even Wall Streets via WB in the respective cities or use the Free Market civic) it can be included (as a replacement for Zen, the US Japan base should still include Buddhists then, however). Especially the "Asians" among us (btw I am Overseas Chinese) should know what I mean (e.g. urging you to study all day and night, to respect your elderly relatives or paying homage to your deceased ancestors). Remember: the emphasis is on
Asian which can mean Japanese, Chinese and Korean etc. values.
PPS: OK, the thing with respecting the elderly is also present in almost any other cultures (and also in most so-called "socialist" states that are/were actually gerontocracies. Disrespecting the elderly has some "consequences" here... ). Sorry for my overlong post.