ObscurePradix you are right. It is NOT against any countries or people but a matter of rules. I think there is a misbelief rhregarding previous events and a confusion was made.
Anyhow rules are rules and hwbot judges and cinpetituon judges are independant in their jidge role.
Rules are rules and MSI is making them, in accordance with hwvot (to my understanding).
In the end it is only aboit a rule that this came to a score being unauthorised. As said sometimes it is buggy run but rules are quite mature nowdays : "run at default settings" was one of them.
Also conpetition are worldwide and the dimension of personal perspective or country gdp, ease of acces etc doesn't play into this.. because it is way too subjective.
I'm sad too to not see a middles east ocer but well.. same a we dont see any swedish, or talian (even if many particpate)
Hope tgis case is understood correctly.