The "1962" mod will take you back to October 1962, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. You can take control of any of the existing states of that time. The army has been completely redone, so you won't see any modern equipment. There will only be what was in 1962, including nuclear weapons. Diplomacy is also made based on the political situation of the Cuban Missile Crisis, so even in the first year of the game a nuclear war may or may not begin...