If you like challenges though, you could try and finish a game from wherever you're started. A word of advice, rich and cold countries are the hardest.
In this scenario, you will be able to use the seven basic plague types including the two special plagues(Necroa and Neurax). Like I said, this scenario is just like any normal game, but with your starting country chosen for you.
For me, the best country to start in will always be India, since it's-, as the game describes, poor, hot,and humid. It also has close to a billion people in it and has a harbor and an airport. China is also another great country to start in. Starting in China somehow makes it easier to infect Greenland and Iceland--the two island countries that cause great frustration in every game.
Here are a list of guides I've made for every plague type, each aiming for 3 biohazards in a mega-brutal difficulty game:
Note: These guides will also work well for any normal game, since you will be able to select your origin country.
