Of course, this idea is only practical on speed games. Initial deployment could be done exactly like the board game, with each player in turn choosing a country, and then when all of the countries are taken, deploying their armies as they choose.
This will improve the following aspects of the site:
It would allow players to exercise that particular aspect of strategy...
creating an experience more exactly like the board game that we all love than is currently available.
It would encourage freeloaders like me to pay for premium so they could play such a game.
The right answer to the wrong question is still the wrong answer to the real question.