Surprisingly we have our first result. Unfortunately for mauer he was at the wrong end of a very short game between us. The details are in my spoiler but its fair to say i caught him off guard and took his city before you could blink.
No one else has submitted their chioce of leader-nation apart from Matrix.
@Matrix i can start a PBEM anytime you wish, a direct ip game will take a bit of organising if you can wait. Also mauers free at the moment