@Imperious:

http://www.onwar.com/articles/f0302.htm

here is some information from the harrison book concerning Italy and here economic capabilities in 1942.

Here’s another roughly accurate source of of GDP listings through-out the ages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_past_GDP_(PPP)

I’ve redone all the IPC values for my games awhile ago. I assigned a value to every territory on the board including neutrals, except for the Sahara and some of the itty-bitty pacific islands.
After several revisions, I’ve settled with the following numbers…

USSR 47 (before germany invaded)
Germany (and nations under its influence) 119
British Empire 92 (India alone is 22)
Japanese Empire 55
USA (states only + panama) 172

China 24 (split between US and Japan)
South America 25

Russia simply has no chance and is always crushed by Germany if you use the revised or classic maps original unit setups.
The game does get fun and out of hand very quickly dealing with tons of IPCs and huge masses of units.

Email me at www.biofury@yahoo.com if you want a copy of a map with these different IPC values and how I figured them out.

There’s also Dogs of War, you can add more, modify IP value and change loyalties of every territory and even modify or add new sea zones. You can even change the unit allocation, add more or less pieces, whatever. I even changed the sound effects on mine…. The AI is bit on the weak side though, but its still fun.

I picked other,

Save the IPC’s for a rainy day 8-)

All of them

Depends what your in the mood for, it gets boring being the same nation many times in a row. And there is no “best” country, its simply a matter of preference and style of warfare.

It doesn’t really matter, The game is already over with japan taken out. I think it would be ok to let germany attack japanese forces. I would allow it. Makes my job easier.

• Nova Axis and Allies

I like territory layout and the fact that Japan can’t march into China any further. The free french territories are also off limits. The smaller IPC count helps prevent the board from being too cluttered. The original A-bomb tech rules!

Give the Russia restricted rule a twist.

Russia cannot attack Germany on their first turn, but can attack Japan instead.

Germany gets initiative over Russia which has initiative over Japan.

There is a house rule somewhere that claims,

Pay 10 IPC to gain a tech that another nation already has developed

Can’t please everyone