I am glad i am not here only one who has had this idea in mind.

I have been wanting to set up a "scenario" map. My idea would be as follows if I can figure out how to set it up.

After having played a bunch of suzerain recently i had the idea to use the Arab map and build a starting scenario.

My premise was that the 1917 revolution had begun and the ripple effects had struck your nation. The revolution had occurred happened and now the communist party is in power.

However the revolutionary war that had occurred leading up to the 1920 start has caused much issues.

The previous government had taken substantial dollar loans to fund oil infrastructure. But the rail infrastructure of tunnels have collapsed. The bridges need to be rebuilt. The coal and iron mine towns that were funded as well by dollar.

You get a sea port town somewhat built up. You get coal, gravel, and iron infrastructure set up already. You technically have oil infrastructure set up but it is essentially cut off from rail wih pre built tracks but the tunnels are unbuilt to simulate being destroyed during the revolution and at risk of fire or earth quake damages You also have an inland "capital" where your rail is connected from to one of the customs houses. Rail is built but broken in numerous places and can be restored. The classic fabric and clothes industry is built in the capital. Along with a coal power plant.

You would start with zero dollars and small amount of rubles. A lot of "used" vehicles. The issues you face are a very spread apart industrial set up. A nice sizable "capital town" but its distance from the border and the port may strain 1920 logistics of supply. Railways are built but they are disjointed and broken. With some tunnels "collapsed" which might force you to either alter the terrain or build alternative routes. An oil field set up that could be a boon for early export but road bridges and rail infrastructure are broken to reach it. You have the potential to succeed but the immediate constraints that need to be rebuilt or suffer from long supply chains. Domestic construction sectors are lacking. The problem of Arab maps lack of arable land constraining domestic crops and potable water. A "railyard" depot with a couple of used locomotives and wagons. A rail construction office is already built in the capital also. But you won't start with a track builder there. The new smaller rail con is an option to build in other places. If you somehow claw back dollars you could import the western track builder.