Ok so I checked how WW3 starts and I have to say that they were good flashpoints. However I'd like to notify that Egypt does not need to elect the Muslim Brotherhood candidate as president for it to get involved in WW3 against USA. The current frontrunner in Egypt's presidential race is a former regime official and the former secretary general of the Arab League and he is noted to be anti-Israel, or tough on Israel. If he wins and Middle east hotspots become involved in WW3 odds are that Egypt will still help Iran(please do not derail the thread into the controversial and sensitive Israel issue...).
WW3 involves Israel bombing Iran over it's nuclear program instead Israeli military operations in Gaza against Palestine.
There should be a forced point of divergence from reality that HAS to occur for WW3 to start. This is so just in case the Arab Spring is suppressed or that Israel vs Iran events do not fire in time. Have the anti-Chinese Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan have an 100% AI to win in Taiwan(in reality Kuomintang won). And then relations with China hit new low. China then offers ultimatum after a small event chain. Result is WW3.
For symbolic reasons, have WW3 start on December 21, 2012 as the final deadline that the events finish and WW3 occurs(the Middle East entry into WW3 events can still happen later so if Israel events fire too late, they can still be used to drag the Middle East into WW3). The final deadline refers to China vs Taiwan tensions.
Also with the results of the French election coming in, Sarkozy's challenger is not Dominique Strauss-Kahn but rather Francois Hollande so change the French election events plz.
Now, for this mod I can do some ministers and I've been experimenting on suggested ministers for this. Can I help?
For sprites you might want to ask Puma for permission to use his sprites.