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Lol. No.

But you're free to move here and attempt to legally gain citizenship if you're that concerned.

A better comparison would be getting to vote in state elections. I can't vote in Florida or Kansas or Oregon. But when it comes to something affecting the whole I get to vote and so do those in Florida or Kansas or Oregon. This game is the whole, so even though we are separated for the majority of game interaction, the marketplace and possibility of more interaction affects the whole.

A query: everyone votes?

No, it would be a poll set up that only the affected micro-nation managers could vote in. That doesn't mean the results of it would determine the outcome of what's to be done. An overwhelming majority one way or the other would strongly influence that decision, though.

We're not dismissing the concerns of the managers from larger BB countries, but at the same time, the effects of a potential merge isn't going to impact them in the same way. Nonetheless, everyone's thoughts on the matter are still welcomed and encouraged.

Reading between the lines, it sounds like whatever is done will apply only to some of the smallest countries. Very, very, very, very, very disappointing. Ah, well, c'est la vie. The more things change, the more things stay the same. Looks like the slow slide into oblivion isn't alarming enough yet to really shake things up.

Yeah, I remembered wrong. Sorry for giving false information. Perpete predicted that it would take place in 3-4 season, that's all :(

First of all dude, 2 balls. 1 for each of the last two posts.

It would be like Shaq saying to Kobe "I'm not that much taller than you, or stronger than you/it doesn't matter... I am more skilled" (or some other such line of discussion). Denying your advantages doesn't help the conversation at all.

Look, this is far from something I dwell on. For me, it's no point at all. But for some it's all they've had to hang their arguments on - and that is indeed misguided.
I agree that at the top of the tree, there's an advantage - if you compare those teams to the mid-level teams of bigger nations. But for the majority of those that have come, played, stayed a lil' or left because of getting thrown into a div 1/2 where you're cannon fodder... not so much.

Same is true of the top of other nations... now, I do not deny that it's *easier* to get to the top of a micro... with a bit of luck. If you start your BB life in a strong div 2 or in a div 1, then you have seasons of getting the proverbial kicked out of you first. There's no early satisfactory of the win, there's no steady climb. IF you can stick that out - sure: there's cash to be had.
Now, some bright spark'll probably point to that last commentary and state that MERGER WILL FIX THIS! And that's true... but at what cost? If it comes at being part of a Walmart version of what BB's been? NathnxImdone...
BB's about (or has been) diversity, and celebrating that diversity. If the fact that some teams at the very top of small nations are at times able to be competitive against the very top of big nations is something that upsets you... well, I'm sorry. Tough.
The aforementioned issue (lack of success early/having to face established teams right away) has other ways to be fixed that don't involve making the world a Utopian vanilla bath.