Robotics Internationally

[Gabe]

Where are the rest of the world's countries when it comes to robotics competitons?
In FIRST we have Canada and United States for North America, Mexico for Central America, Brazil for South America, the U.K. for Europe, and Israel for the Middle East. These are all western countries and it seems kind of exclusive to these nations.
If FIRST is an interntional competition, then where is the rest of the Middle East, like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Iran? Where is Germany, France, Austria, Spain, Italy, and Denmark (invented LEGO)? Where is Russia, India, China, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand? Why aren't they part of FIRST robotics?
This question came to mind after reading this thread on ChiefDelphi and going down to post #18.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...rm+ extension
There is also the link to the event webpage below (if link says that server cannot be found, try again and it should work).
http://www.robofest.org.my/robocon2006/
Watching this video will make you jaw drop (notice similarity with FIRST?)
http://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~umic/vid...robocon2k5.wmv
What I would like to see is for either FIRST to expand or for the creation of a robotics competition that extends to all countries in the world. Think of international friendship.
Also, please post about pther FIRST-style competitions and any ideas on how to expand robotics competitions to the rest of the world.