i just skipped to page 7 here, because i really can't read the whole thread. so i'm sure this has been mentioned already. but what about north korea? just turn all the brown terrain white, maybe some darker browns and greens for summer. add some hills. maybe a tree or two. boom, you've got north korea.
the story with a north korea scenario is pretty easy...something pisses them off and they invade the south. or america decides to pre-emptively invade them. and if you're reluctant to do it because of the graphics work that would be involved (i'm unfamiliar with the progress of the syrian infantry textures and such), well...you shouldn't have based this whole game on a story that you would just drop halfway through. no offense.
just give the syrian textures some slanty eyes and some rudimentary banter. here's some examples of the NK infantry banter i would record (and feel free to employ me): 'me ruv you rong timeee!!!!!!!!'; 'oh my gaaaa dey shot me...oh it hurt so badddd!!!!'; 'i'm so ronery!' ; 'i give you every-ting you want joe! every-ting...'
[ September 18, 2006, 11:20 AM: Message edited by: Lee_DiSantis ]