User blog comment:The Leader/World War One/@comment-1024726-20100412223344

However, if other countries are put against the USA (and win), it will make them more popular and more users would pay attention.
 * Nope. The villains get spotlighted as well, and writing and editing the USA to balkanize it (or even split Eastshield) will draw more and more attention as users dedicate themselves to reorganizing the country. Making the USA a villain will only increase its fat, gluttonous appetite for attention.

''Anyways, as we can see on any map of the USA, it is next to two other big countries, Freezeland and UTR. They would be fighting in two different places, just like Germany was in WWI. Western Front will be USA vs. UTR, and Eastern Front will be USA vs. Freezeland.''
 * Makes for a nice touch, but remember that parodies don't have to be exact.

''Making a new country would make things too complicated. There's already enough land, islands, and ice-lands in Antarctica.''
 * Not as complicated as balkanizing the USA, which amounts to the same thing as making several new countries. That, and said new country would simply be blasted to oblivion at the end of WWI, making it short-lived and temporary.

''Germany was a pretty big country in Europe in WWI, and USA is a big country in Antarctica. There was also little fighting in Germany, so the popular people in fanon USA can do what they're doing (until near the end when they're pwn'd ha ha ha... it won't be for long though). In other countries, the war would be good for characters from the other countries to truly emerge.''
 * Or, you could leave the USA as a minor player, completely wiping much mentioning of popular citizens like Explorer and Fred (they won't even appear until late in the story), and instead draw more attention to countries that play larger parts.