Battle of the Countries

[Χahar]

This is a cheap ripoff of Battle of the States.

In the first round, the 192 UN members will be grouped alphabetically into 24 groups of 8. The top country in each round will advance to the second round, along with 8 of the second place finishers, as determined in a runoff round. It'll be single-elimination thence onward.

[Χahar]

Afghanistan   3 (13.6%)
Albania   0 (0%)
Algeria   0 (0%)
Andorra   5 (22.7%)
Angola   1 (4.5%)
Antigua and Barbuda   2 (9.1%)
Argentina   11 (50%)
Armenia   0 (0%)

Argentina to next round, Andorra to runoff.

[GMantis]

192 is 24 times 8.

[Χahar]

192 is 24 times 8.

I realized that. I've just been too lazy to change.

[Χahar]

Australia          15 (40.5%)
Austria          8 (21.6%)
Azerbaijan       1 (2.7%)
Bahamas          5 (13.5%)
Bahrain          1 (2.7%)
Bangladesh       0 (0%)
Barbados          5 (13.5%)
Belarus          2 (5.4%)

[Χahar]

Belgium          7 (23.3%)
Belize          3 (10%)
Benin          0 (0%)
Bhutan          8 (26.7%)
Bolivia          1 (3.3%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina          1 (3.3%)
Botswana          0 (0%)
Brazil          10 (33.3%)

I broke the tie by voting for Bhutan, due to that excellent article in National Geographic.

[Χahar]

Brunei          1 (8.3%)
Bulgaria          3 (25%)
Burkina Faso          1 (8.3%)
Burundi          0 (0%)
Cambodia          1 (8.3%)
Cameroon          0 (0%)
Canada          6 (50%)
Cape Verde          0 (0%)

Boring...

[GMantis]

Why did you stop voting so early?

[Χahar]

Why did you stop voting so early?

I messed it up the day before, and let voting go on for 36 hours, so I limited this one to 12.

[Χahar]

Central African Republic   2 (7.7%)
Chad   2 (7.7%)
Chile   14 (53.8%)
PR of China   5 (19.2%)
Colombia   1 (3.8%)
Comoros   1 (3.8%)
DR of the Congo   1 (3.8%)
Republic of the Congo   0 (0%)

[Verily]

Chile: the Bobby Jindal of countries. Or something.

[Χahar]

Chile: the Bobby Jindal of countries. Or something.

How about the U.S. Grant?

[Platypus]

I love Chile!

[Χahar]

Costa Rica   10 (32.3%)
Côte d'Ivoire   0 (0%)
Croatia   2 (6.5%)
Cuba   4 (12.9%)
Cyprus   0 (0%)
Czech Republic   8 (25.8%)
Denmark   7 (22.6%)
Djibouti   0 (0%)

[afleitch]

When we get to 'U' we will likely have the UK and the USA in one vote off :/

[Χahar]

When we get to 'U' we will likely have the UK and the USA in one vote off :/

That'll be a lot of fun.

[Јas]

When we get to 'U' we will likely have the UK and the USA in one vote off :/

Having the US in the process at all renders the entire thing moot.

[ukchris82]

The way I vote in these is to decide which of the countries do I most want to visit.

I think the UK will get knocked out in the first round!

[Aizen]

The way I vote in these is to decide which of the countries do I most want to visit.

I think the UK will get knocked out in the first round!

I'll probably vote for UK. I plan on studying abroad either there or in Japan.

[Χahar]

Dominica   0 (0%)
Dominican Republic   2 (7.7%)
Ecuador   3 (11.5%)
Egypt   6 (23.1%)
El Salvador   1 (3.8%)
Equatorial Guinea   0 (0%)
Eritrea   1 (3.8%)
Estonia   13 (50%)

[Χahar]

Ethiopia   1 (2.6%)
Fiji   1 (2.6%)
Finland   8 (21.1%)
France   11 (28.9%)
Gabon   1 (2.6%)
Gambia   0 (0%)
Georgia   1 (2.6%)
Germany   15 (39.5%)

France barely stays alive.

[Hashemite]

YEAH!

[Χahar]

Ghana   3 (11.5%)
Greece   15 (57.7%)
Grenada   2 (7.7%)
Guatemala   1 (3.8%)
Guinea   0 (0%)
Guinea-Bissau   1 (3.8%)
Guyana   0 (0%)
Haiti   4 (15.4%)

Haiti sneaks into the runoff.

[Χahar]

What's with the sudden surge in support? I've seen an ungodly number of BotC threads bumped up in the past few hours.

[Χahar]

Honduras         1 (2.7%)
Hungary         2 (5.4%)
Iceland         15 (40.5%)
India         4 (10.8%)
Indonesia         0 (0%)
Iran         1 (2.7%)
Iraq         0 (0%)
Ireland         14 (37.8%)

Hmm...