Okay, almost forgot to post this before going to bed. Sunday some friends and I were talking about how 99% of our Terrans that we use are all basic cookie-cutter folk with little ethnic diversity. One of the reasons I loved the TOS movies so much is we not only got to see more alliens, but the Terrans where much more culturally diverse as well.
To help solve our little conundrum I came up with this little item. It's based on todays population figures and only uses the largest popullations as options. One could very well just use this for ideas--one could roll for Puerto Rican and start looking into information on that nation and find the island of Trinidad and decide the character is from there. (oh, man. I'm tired. I just realized i typed this all up as if they were from that nation and not of that nationality. Too tired to change it all. One could very well be German and live in the US or on Mars--but you all knew that. )
1.1: Roll 1d10
1: Africa (see 2.1 below)
2-6: Asia (see 2.2 below)
7: Europe (see 2.3 below)
8: Latin America & Carib. (see 2.4 below)
9: North America (see 2.5 below)
10: Southeast Asia & Oceana (see 2.6 below)
2.1: Roll 1d10
1-3: North Africa (see 3.1 below)
4-7: South Africa (see 3.2 below)
8-10: West Africa (see 3.3 below)
2.2: Roll 1d 10
1-5: Far East (see 4.1 below)
6-9: Middle East (see 4.2 below)
10: Near East (see 4.3 below)
2.3: Roll 1d10
1-5: Eastern Europe (see 5.1 below)
6: Northern Europe (see 5.2 below)
7-10: Western Europe (see 5.3 below)
2.4: Roll 1d10
1-3: Central America & Carib. (see 6.1 below)
4-10: South America (see 6.2 below)
2.5: Rol 1d10
1-9: Character is from the United States
10: Character is from Canada
2.6: Roll 1d20
1-8: Character is from Indonesia
9-11: Character is from the Philippines
12-14: Character is from Vietnam
15-16: Character is from Thailand
17-18: Character is from Burma
19: Character is from Malaysia
20: Character is from Australia
3.1: Roll 1d20
1-6: Character is from Ethiopia
7-11: Character is from Egypt
12-14: Character is from Sudan
15-16: Character is from Algeria
17-18: Character is from Morocco
19: Character is from Tunisia
20: Character is from Somalia
3.2: Roll 1d20
1-4: Character is from the Democratic Republic of Congo
5-7: Character is from South Africa
8-9: Character is from Tanzania
10-11: Character is from Kenya
12-13: Character is from Uganda
14: Character is from Mozambique
15: Character is from Madagascar
16: Character is from Angola
17: Character is from Malawi
18: Character is from Zimbabwe
19: Character is from Zambia
20: Character is from Rwanda
3.3: Roll 1d20
1-9: Character is from Nigeria
10: Character is from Ghana
11: Character is from the Ivory Coast
12: Character is from Cameroon
13: Character is from Niger
14: Character is from Burkina Faso
15: Character is from Senegal
16: Character is from Mali
17: Character is from Chad
18: Character is from Guinea
19: Character is from Benin
20: Character is from Togo
4.1: Roll 1d10
1-8: Character is from China
9: Character is from Japan
10: Character is from Korea
4.2: Roll 1d10
1-8: Character is from India
9: Character is from Pakistan
10: Character is from Bangladesh
4.3: Roll 1d10
1-3: Character is from Turkey
4-6: Character is from Iran
7: Character is from Iraq
8: Character is from Saudi Arabia
9: Character is from Yemen
10: Character is from Syria
5.1: Roll 1d20
1-8: Character is from Russia
9-11: Character is from Ukraine
12-13: Character is from Poland
14: Character is from Romania
15: Character is from Greece
16: Character is from the Czech Republic
17: Character is from Hungary
18: Character is from Serbia
19: Character is from Belarus
20: Character is from Bulgaria
5.2: Roll 1d20
1-13: Character is from the United Kingdom
14-15: Character is from Sweden
16: Character is from Denmark
17: Character is from Finland
18: Character is from Norway
19: Character is from Ireland
20: Character is from Lithuania
5.3: Roll 2d20
1-5: Character is from Germany
6-9: Character is from France
10-13: Character is from Italy
14-16: Character is from Spain
17: Character is from the Netherlands
18: Character is from Belgium
19: Character is from Portugal
20: Character is from Austria
6.1: Roll 1d20
1-11: Character is from Mexico
12: Character is from Guatemala
13: Character is from Cuba
14: Character is from the Dominican Repulbic
15: Character is from Haiti
16: Character is from Honduras
17: Character is from El Salvador
18: Character is from Nicaragua
19: Character is from Costa Rica
20: Character is from Puerto Rico
6.2: Roll 1d20
1-10: Character is from Brazil
11-12: Character is from Columbia
13-14: Character is from Argentina
15-16: Character is from Peru
17: Character is from Venezuela
18: Character is from Chile
19: Character is from Ecuador
20: Character is from Bolivia