Regarding Competitions

I'm not sure if this belongs in this section, but I'll give it a shot.

I am wondering why Australians (and other EU countries) are excluded from region specific competitions? I can understand the issue of overseas postage for a physical prize, which doesn't bother me. But I don't understand the exclusion when the prize is a virtual item that incurs no delivery expense greater than that of a UK/German/etc. account. We were eligible to predict the fall of Garuda, but as far as I have noticed, that's it.

I enjoy a fun competition as much as the next person, but it's a bit disheartening to be paying the same subscription fee as another person, and then be excluded from such competitions. Surely the Australian playerbase is large enough to warrant admittance in these competitions? Any reply is greatly appreciated.