Mist Mando
Bogey Member
Maybe this thought experiment has already been done, but what if you had to pick a US team from either any single state, or a number of states such that no subset of them have a total population exceeding Finland's of 5.6 million?
So for instance if you pick Florida (22.6M) for Heimburg, you're stuck picking other Florida players (e.g. Gurthie, Oakley), while if you picked Iowa (3.2M) for Buhr, Callaway and Babcock, you could also pick another state with a population below 5.6M, or even multiple smaller/mountain states.
Arizona (7.4M) might be a good pick for Wysocki, Barela, Ulibarri and Welck. If you pick Georgia (11M) for both Robinsons, Harris and Anderson, will they beat the four best Finns?
So for instance if you pick Florida (22.6M) for Heimburg, you're stuck picking other Florida players (e.g. Gurthie, Oakley), while if you picked Iowa (3.2M) for Buhr, Callaway and Babcock, you could also pick another state with a population below 5.6M, or even multiple smaller/mountain states.
Arizona (7.4M) might be a good pick for Wysocki, Barela, Ulibarri and Welck. If you pick Georgia (11M) for both Robinsons, Harris and Anderson, will they beat the four best Finns?