Of course it can. It makes no difference that originally it was a neutral territory. Its current status is a territory of the United States and therefore, with an IPC value of two,it can be a location where a minor industrial complex can be placed.
That’s the thing-I don’t think national objectives imbalance the game, especially in the Europe version where the Soviets are almost guaranteed to get 9 IPCs a turn after going to war.
@AndrewAAGamer
Agree. Also Germany get a +5 for any unit in Egypt, right ?
But I see that to try it in an early phase, is more the pain than the gain, because Egypt is a usually a ping-pong, between IT and UK. So, even if you have one or two German units there, you can keep them for a 1 turn or 2