[Septimius Severus]

Chris, can you clarify your above post. Your original intent behind your first suggestion was to ensure that some of the lesser picked nation's would be chosen via the groups of 3. But because of the conflicts, I suggested just a simpler method:

Each team provides a ranked list of say 12 nation picks (we need only 3 nations to pick on each team). I run through the four lists, line by line, and grant each uncontected pick (if present) on each line to the respective teams.

Myst.......Deva's........Blessed..........Noobheim

Hinnom....Arco..........Hinnom...........Abys (Deva's get Arco, and Noobheim gets Abys)
Arco........Ermor.........Sauro............Hinnom (Deva's get Ermor, Blesseds get Sauro, Noobheim gets Hinnom)
Ermor......Sauro.........Agartha..........Arco (Blesseds get Agartha)

Etc.

This would be much simpler for me (if I'm doing the distribution) and would ensure that generally lesser picked nations get choosen if the teams rank them high enough. True it is not likely teams will rank Machaka over Hinnom, but since we don't know what strategies the teams are pursuing, we can't be certain they won't choose or rank a lesser played nation high.