West Saintland and Frenline Delpha's Bid for CoH 69
The Kingdom of Saintland and the Sporting Democracy of Frenline Delpha present the following host bid for the consideration of the World Cup Committee:
About West Saintland
The Kingdom of Saintland (commonly known as West Saintland) is an island nation of around 360 thousand souls located in northern Atlas. West Saintland has participated, in some form or another, in 14 consecutive World Cup cycles (including the present one) and has qualified for 8 World Cups. West Saintland has modernized under the leadership of King Petrus XX, embracing constitutional monarchy and feminism. However, the modernization efforts of King Petrus XX led to hardline elements within the Sanctii government, led by the king's younger brother Andreas, seeking the assistance of the Free Republics to overthrow the king. The war ended in a stalemate, with the eastern half of Saintland now under the control of King Andreas. In the nearly 3 decades since, the two Saintlands have greatly diverged under the two brothers as the East has turned into a totalitarian police state while the West has become a feminist democracy with a state Church led by a Matriarch that worships the Goddess and the Virgin Savior Maria Christus.
About Frenline Delpha
The Sporting Democracy of Frenline Delpha is, as one would expect from a nation with such a subtle title, is a democracy with a keen interest in sports. With the nation still in a giddy mood after their domination of the most recent World Baseball Classic in Newmanistan, the nation has decided to dip its feet into the most prestigious pool in all the multiverse.
Frenline Delpha has a population somewhat large, reaching as many as 2.54 trillion people. It’s also quite big, with a total area of 3.6 million miles of land under its government. Population is evenly distributed between all areas. The five areas of Frenline Delpha are the Northern Mountains, the Western Valley, the Eastern Grasslands, the Southern Tropics, and the Urban Jungle, the center of the country, where the capitol, Bloodbenderopolis, lies.
Frenline Delpha was originally founded by bloodbender pilgrims from the tyrannical Heartopia and its fierce anti-bloodbender stance. There, along with thousands of normal citizens tired of living under a tyrannical regime, formed the Democratic Republic of Frenline Delpha. The name came from the bloodbender’s native tongue, where Frenli means free and ine was usually used like “-ly” is used today in modern English. Then, Delpha comes from Delti, which meant powerful. Therefore, Frenline Delpha actually translates to Freely Powerful.
Frenlenians value freedom over anything else, so much so that any restriction of speech, from Nazis to Social Justice, is immediately protested by millions and hundreds of millions of citizens. Even though certain ideals might not be popular, the people of Frenline Delpha believe that is no excuse for censoring ideas. All ideas are welcome, so long as no one commits violence.
Format and Tiebreakers
We have plans for a range of potential nations deserving of a spot, so we’ve created three different ranges in order to accommodate as many realistic numbers as possible. They are:
32: 8 groups of 4, with the top two from each group making it onto the round of sixteen, where it will be single elimination until we have a winner
36: 6 groups of 6, with the top two of each group plus next best four making it into the round of sixteen, single elimination
40: 8 groups of 5, same as 32 teams
All options are single round robin, with sixteen advancing past the group stage.
Also, in order to settle ties, we have decided on a set of tiebreakers. They are:
Points
H2H Record
H2H Goal Difference
H2H Goals For
Goal Difference
Goals For
Scorinator & RP Bonus
We will be using the latest version of xkoranate with the SQIS formula and the full range of additive (xkoranate) style modifiers. As the CoH is traditionally a tournament that is intended to reward roleplay, there will be a roleplay bonus and a roster bonus which will be cumulative, somewhat generous and based on quality over quantity while remaining fair to all roleplay styles. In the event that either host (or a puppet of either host) is invited, the other host would grade all of their RPs and scorinate all of their matches.
Experience
The OOC user behind West Saintland has previously hosted or co-hosted Cup of Harmony 58 (with Falcus), World Cup 68 (with Legalese), Baptism of Fire 59 (with Star United States), the X Winter Olympics, the I Olympia Games, the King Paulus XV Memorial Games, 3 editions of the WBC (one with Maklohi Vai and another with Frenline Delpha), an International Baseball Slam, 2 World Bowls, a WCoH, an IBC (with Royal Kingdom of Quebec), a CR, a CE and countless other tournaments.
Frenline Delpha has hosted or scorinated the following events:
Frenline Delpha Baseball League
Frenline Delpha Domestic Water Polo League
Various Soccer Friendlies
NSCF 12 Mineral Conference
Gaelic Football World Championships II
2nd United Valhaven Track Championship
NSCF 14 Zephyr Conference
IBS 10 (with Schiltzberg)
World Bowl 29 (with Drawkland)
World Baseball Classic 37 (with Ilyseum)
We welcome your questions.