Oh yes! As a non-American who no longer lives in her own home coutry, I am all for international and different settings. But trying to get anyone, ever, to do that is like pulling teeth.
Rut is a great word for it all. I think SoL games have fallen into a rut and players in their own ruts where they aren't willing to try anything different.
A spy based game would be fun as hell! Putting spies and action and adventure into the same sentence made me happy and for no logical reason at all, my mind skipped to something Indiana Jones-ish. No clue how any of that could ever work but it would be insanely fun.