[Rohith Surampudi]

There are many reasons alot of these countries don't participate in FRC

*Firstly although machining is readily available, obtaining parts can be very difficult

* secondly shipping materials from nations that far is immensely expensive. Flying the robot to their closest regional is very very expensive as I'm sure the international teams know.

*timing in order for teams to be able to ship their robots here, the relatively cheap way(by ship) would take about 6 weeks unless these teams chartered private boats just to transport(once again expensive)

Teams in foreign countries with no other teams are at a major disadvantage because they may need support, and phone calls can only go so far.

and lastly to start a team it would require a group of people to go to the location to help set up for an extended period of time. once again extremely expensive. the trip of a life time is only worth so much