LOL Well now will be your time, with the server close, a lot of regions might be lost to Beastmen, soo.. get out there and fight for your nation.

But I do agree, the "front yard" OP (as someone else had put it) should always be nearly impossible for other nations to grab, after all, it will suck if you are starting out, and the nearest OP that your home nation has, it miles away. I always see the first OP Supplies run, as a sort of Tutorial of what they are, and how they work.