I just got the game, and was wondering what people think is a good country for a first game. The UK seems a bit too easy, and perhaps a bit too complicated. Any suggestions?
The traditional recommendation for a beginner is Belgium. Relatively small and thus not too complicated to manage, yet relatively powerful and with potential.
These kind-of threads are almost a cliché!
One caution though, Belgium's primary culture is Wallon, but the Flemish seem to make up two thirds of the population right off the bat and the capital, Brussels, is in Flanders(Vlaarderen(sp?)). If anyone should be the Primary shouldn't it be them? Maybe this is historical?