In the name of balance and equal opportunity

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The priority when selecting players will basically be

1. reliability
2. pleasentness
3. skill

in that order. You are as reliable as well as pleasent and thus you are among the first ones chosen.

Skill is something one mostly acquires by experience and thus there are always room for those without it, else they would not stand a chance to become skilled. Besides your nation is a tricky one in Chill4. To have a big evil Dr Bob as a neighbour is not easy for anyone and to have to fight someone with twice your MP (GH) is almost impossible for anyone.

Hmm, I am reliable and ever so nice, and apprently skillful Seems I am top of the list

And I was nice to Gamla, I didn't take mainland Italy