moved persistence to front, pulled iptables-persistence from another github and forked it. Using that in /etc/init.d/iptables-persistent so it handles ipset as well to make things easier. Also allows you to load and save much easier for both iptables and ipset.

conf/blacklist

@@ -102,7 +102,4 @@ echo "Done!"
 # remove the spam list
 unlink $FILE
 
-# Persistence 
-ipset save > /etc/iptables/rules.ipsets
-iptables-save > /etc/iptables/rules.v4
-ip6tables-save > /etc/iptables/rules.v6
+/etc/init.d/iptables-persistent save

conf/china

@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@ curl http://www.okean.com/antispam/iptables/rc.firewall.china > /tmp/china.sh
 chmod +x /tmp/china.sh
 source /tmp/china.sh
 rm -f /tmp/china.sh
-invoke-rc.d iptables-persistent save
-
+/etc/init.d/iptables-persistent save

conf/dialog.sh

@@ -26,31 +26,23 @@ clear
 case $CHOICE in
         1)
             echo "Are you Donald Trump?"
-			echo iptables-persistent iptables-persistent/autosave_v4 boolean true | debconf-set-selections
-			echo iptables-persistent iptables-persistent/autosave_v6 boolean true | debconf-set-selections
 			cp conf/china /etc/cron.weekly/china
 			chmod +x /etc/cron.weekly/china
 			time /etc/cron.weekly/china
-			apt-get install -y iptables-persistent
             ;;
         2)
             echo "Starting the Korean war again"
-			echo iptables-persistent iptables-persistent/autosave_v4 boolean true | debconf-set-selections
-			echo iptables-persistent iptables-persistent/autosave_v6 boolean true | debconf-set-selections
 			cp conf/korea /etc/cron.weekly/korea
 			chmod +x /etc/cron.weekly/korea
 			time /etc/cron.weekly/korea
-			apt-get install -y iptables-persistent
-            ;;
+			;;
         3)
             echo "Blocking almost 1/3 of the world"
-			echo iptables-persistent iptables-persistent/autosave_v4 boolean true | debconf-set-selections
-			echo iptables-persistent iptables-persistent/autosave_v6 boolean true | debconf-set-selections
 			cp conf/sinokorea /etc/cron.weekly/sinokorea
 			chmod +x /etc/cron.weekly/sinokorea
 			time /etc/cron.weekly/sinokorea
-			apt-get install -y iptables-persistent
             ;;
+			
 		4) echo "doing nothing"
-		;;
+			;;
 esac

conf/korea

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ curl http://www.okean.com/antispam/iptables/rc.firewall.korea > /tmp/korea.sh
 chmod +x /tmp/korea.sh
 source /tmp/korea.sh
 rm -f /tmp/korea.sh
-invoke-rc.d iptables-persistent save
+/etc/init.d/iptables-persistent save
+

conf/sinokorea

@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ curl http://www.okean.com/antispam/iptables/rc.firewall.sinokorea > /tmp/sinokor
 chmod +x /tmp/sinokorea.sh
 source /tmp/sinokorea.sh
 rm -f /tmp/sinokorea.sh
-invoke-rc.d iptables-persistent save
-
+ipset save > /etc/ipset.up.rules
+iptables-save > /etc/iptables.up.rules