I thought this game was about self-sufficiency? Personally, I think Jason's very generous with his requirements. I'm pretty well off, and my economy is "ok" - but, I'm still a noob here, and even though I could get nukes, I couldn't support them for long before going into debt.
I've already went into debt financing a double war too quickly; I guess I should've read that statement "the first war you fight against a non-presidential country is even easier to win than normal" more carefully.
Anyhow, point being: 60 years is 120 days, now, you could pay up, and get nukes yourself in probably 1/2 to a 1/4 of that time; maybe spending RL cash will deter u from using them.
They should be used as they are in RL; and the worst thing that can happen, is a rogue state getting them. Hence the requirements are there.
Also, could someone explain something: if a country is nuked, do the public corporation's factories suffer damage? I mean, not secondary damage (worker deaths) but primary, factory destruction/corp death type.