With the smaller nations its not a lack of players, it's more a lack of interest. It's true that there might be loads of casual players that could possibly join your team, but you can't force em to give a shit about nwwc. They either don't want to sign up, or won't come to any matches. Last year the Swiss team played one match and then forfeited the rest if I remember correctly. The Czechs and Slovaks were in a similar situation, they couldn't find players that actually gave a shit about nwwc, despite there being a casual reg full of casual players. And sometimes it's even the bigger nations that simply don't give a shit. Russia is a huge nation in this game with loads of players, yet they also played one match and forfeited the rest last year, because none of their players cared.