North Korea is the main antagonist in Homefront, but that wasn’t always going to be the plan. Originally, the People’s Republic of China was going to perpetrate an invasion of America, but there were problems with that plan.
“They’re just not that scary, said THQ executive Danny Bilson. “China is like America’s factory. Everything you buy is made in China. It’s all friendly. Everything’s made there from games, to every toy to everything. So they’re not that scary.”
There were other, more tangible reasons why North Korea was chosen over China.
“The guys in our Chinese office said: Did you know that everybody on the exec team will be banned from coming into China for the rest of your lives noted Bilson. They were afraid the ministry of culture was going to wipe us out.”
Source: Kotaku
