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I feel like I'm chiming in a little late, it looks like you've probably got you're civs lined up now.
But in terms of who goes where, I would personally do something like this:
1. England (Canada, Australia, South Africa)
2. USA (Israel)
3. Japan (South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore)
4. EU (EU countries, including Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Cyprus, Malta and Turkey(?))
5. Russia (Little Asian countries, some of East Europe)
6. Southeast Asia (Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam(?))
7. Mexico
8. Andean Nations (Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador) (I think it needs a better name because Venezuela Colombia Ecuador Guyana and Suriname aren't very Andean)
9. Mercosur (Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile)
10. African Union (All Africa except in 1, 11, 12)
11. Secular Islamic States (Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Pakistan, Indonesia)
12. Islamic Fundamentalist States (Libya, Sudan, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia (?))
13. China (NK, Mongolia, Tibet, Vietnam(?), Cuba(?))
14. India (Nepal, Sri Lanka)
I put South Africa with the Commonwealth because even though apartheid is over, all the wealthy people are Britishy.
I agree with putting Israel with the US because of land-size concerns, but I don't think your average American or Israeli sees such a connection (your average Iraqi, o the other hand...) Also, Taiwan and South Korea work fine with Japan, because they are similar enough economically and should NOT be part of China.
I included a list of brand-new EU members who I think have shifted completely away from the old Warsaw Pact and should be EU in a modern setting. Turkey is a question mark, because although it is a part of NATO, it might be a while before it makes the EU. If not, it's probably a Secular Islamic state.
Russia should have fewer easter European countries now, and I think the Ukraine and Belarus fits with it. Vietnam might fit with China, though it seems to be going it's own way and could be part of SE Asia.
Not sure what to do about Central and South America. Having visited Argentina, I'd put it completely on it's own, since they all seemed to think they were European
Perhaps you could do a little reading and find out who all has had military dictator "presidents" fighting socialist "freedom fighters" with U.S. money and training. They could be one civ. I kind of like putting Cuba with China just for strategic reasons, though I don't know how accurate it is. Maybe give it to Russia.
As for Africa and the Middle East, it might be more interesting to break countries up along ideological boundaries rahter than geographic. One thing the U.S. govt seems to not get is that the Ismaic terrorist organizations are not fond of Iraq, because it's seen as way to secular. You could break them down between secular Islamic countries and fundamentalist. Saudi Arabia is on the borderline, since their government tries to please both sides. Pakistan, by the looks of the last election, is moving toward the fundamentalist side. It still might seem weird putting Iraq in with Pakistan, Eqypt and Jordan. Anyway, after all that is done I would lump the rest of Africa together because so many of those countries are dealing with the same issues, like post-colonialism, revolutions, AIDS, etc.
If you want another civ, you could put the rest of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet states into one and call it Eastern Europe or something. They would have low tech and economy but some nukes.
For another civ, you could break off Indonesia and put it with Malaysia, New Guinea, the Philippines and Micronesia and call it South Pacific Group or something. Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore are certainly world-class economic powers.
Just my two cents.
BTW, I'd love comments on my Colonization mod, located here:
http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=65213
But in terms of who goes where, I would personally do something like this:
1. England (Canada, Australia, South Africa)
2. USA (Israel)
3. Japan (South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore)
4. EU (EU countries, including Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Cyprus, Malta and Turkey(?))
5. Russia (Little Asian countries, some of East Europe)
6. Southeast Asia (Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam(?))
7. Mexico
8. Andean Nations (Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador) (I think it needs a better name because Venezuela Colombia Ecuador Guyana and Suriname aren't very Andean)
9. Mercosur (Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile)
10. African Union (All Africa except in 1, 11, 12)
11. Secular Islamic States (Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Pakistan, Indonesia)
12. Islamic Fundamentalist States (Libya, Sudan, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia (?))
13. China (NK, Mongolia, Tibet, Vietnam(?), Cuba(?))
14. India (Nepal, Sri Lanka)
I put South Africa with the Commonwealth because even though apartheid is over, all the wealthy people are Britishy.
I agree with putting Israel with the US because of land-size concerns, but I don't think your average American or Israeli sees such a connection (your average Iraqi, o the other hand...) Also, Taiwan and South Korea work fine with Japan, because they are similar enough economically and should NOT be part of China.
I included a list of brand-new EU members who I think have shifted completely away from the old Warsaw Pact and should be EU in a modern setting. Turkey is a question mark, because although it is a part of NATO, it might be a while before it makes the EU. If not, it's probably a Secular Islamic state.
Russia should have fewer easter European countries now, and I think the Ukraine and Belarus fits with it. Vietnam might fit with China, though it seems to be going it's own way and could be part of SE Asia.
Not sure what to do about Central and South America. Having visited Argentina, I'd put it completely on it's own, since they all seemed to think they were European
Perhaps you could do a little reading and find out who all has had military dictator "presidents" fighting socialist "freedom fighters" with U.S. money and training. They could be one civ. I kind of like putting Cuba with China just for strategic reasons, though I don't know how accurate it is. Maybe give it to Russia.As for Africa and the Middle East, it might be more interesting to break countries up along ideological boundaries rahter than geographic. One thing the U.S. govt seems to not get is that the Ismaic terrorist organizations are not fond of Iraq, because it's seen as way to secular. You could break them down between secular Islamic countries and fundamentalist. Saudi Arabia is on the borderline, since their government tries to please both sides. Pakistan, by the looks of the last election, is moving toward the fundamentalist side. It still might seem weird putting Iraq in with Pakistan, Eqypt and Jordan. Anyway, after all that is done I would lump the rest of Africa together because so many of those countries are dealing with the same issues, like post-colonialism, revolutions, AIDS, etc.
If you want another civ, you could put the rest of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet states into one and call it Eastern Europe or something. They would have low tech and economy but some nukes.
For another civ, you could break off Indonesia and put it with Malaysia, New Guinea, the Philippines and Micronesia and call it South Pacific Group or something. Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore are certainly world-class economic powers.
Just my two cents.
BTW, I'd love comments on my Colonization mod, located here:
http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=65213
and halloween and another "don't do anything useful" sort of day is coming up on friday because of the end of the quarter, and then I'll have the weekend, so I think I can finish the entire world city placement. 
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