Validity: May not be isolationist
Options:
#1: "@@LEADER@@, it's in our best interest to invite the ambassadors from Bigtopia and United Federation to sit next to you at the Ambassador's Dinner, to get some trade deals done," your Minister of Finance begins. "Hey, why don't you also invite some CEOs and investors? This is the perfect opportunity to market @@NAME@@ and its boundless potential to the entire world," writing the names of several corporations over the seating arrangement diagram.
Validity: Capitalist
Effect: ambassadors to @@NAME@@ can buy their way into good seats at state functions
#2: "Comrade, it's in our best interest to invite the ambassadors from Núi Và Sông and East Lebatuck to sit next to you at the Ambassador's Dinner," your Minister of Finance begins. "It's important for likeminded nations to sit close together, and it's the perfect place to discuss how to lessen the workers' struggles, and what is needed to lead the revolution," writing the names of some other socialist leaders over the seating arrangement diagram.
Validity: Socialist
Effect: state functions only feature red foods while diners are only given hammers and sickles for cutlery
#3: The Minister of Defence steps in soon after. "Whoa! Isn't that ambassador's dinner coming soon? Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer, right? This is an opportunity to listen to what these cockroaches from Blackacre and Lilliputia are talking about when you can actually hear them. Of course, we'll be extra careful about your personal security, we can't be too sure. But this is too good of an opportunity to let pass by," as he takes a pencil from behind his ear, scribbles in his suggestions on the seating arrangement diagram, and then leaves you with a bulletproof vest.
Effect: official dinners exclusively use plastic cutlery
#4: As the room empties out once again, your secretary chimes in. "I've seen that face before. You want better options. You know what would make you look great on an international stage? Leading peace talks and getting things done! How about, say, two nations at war with one another? Sure, the entire event could turn into a brawl, but think of the best case scenario! @@LEADER@@ of @@NAME@@ achieves peace between Marche Blanche and Marche Noire - I can see the headlines now!" as he, too, helpfully corrects the seating arrangement diagram.
Effect: the only thing colder than desserts at state functions are the icy glares of those invited
#5: On the day of the event, the Master of Ceremonies nearly breaks down in tears, holding a crumpled, crossed out, rewritten, crossed out again seating arrangement diagram. "I've been planning this for months and it's just not coming together! Why... don't we, uh, cancel the event? If your seating choice has the potential to let down allies or alienating enemies, well, maybe we shouldn't have the dinner altogether? @@NAME@@ can survive in this world alone! Quite frankly, this event was always my least favourite evening of the year, to the point where we're better off closed off than involved in these terrible dinners."
Effect: the best decisions are those taken in an emotional fit