I can write about my competition in the Balkans in general (where I live). I have seen a lot of good (and some bad) information here, and I hope this post will make things easier for guys who operate (or plan to operate) in that area.
I am speaking as a 8/10 guy (read: I am in shape and good looking, but I am still not a Men's Fitness model), with average game and a below average income. The latter is getting better - Ebay business is growing quickly, and my agricultural business (I am doing something which is in very high demand, and which very few people grow) will take 9 years (or so) to make a profit.
And no, I am not growing cocaine, so don't ask for some on PM.
But enough about me...let's go back to the topic, shall we
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In the Balkans, a lot of men do not know much about Game. Most of the approaches I have witnessed can be described as ''Caveman Game'' (which only high SMV guys used) or ''Social Circle Game'' (which most guys use). Facebook has become more popular lately, and, like anywhere else, it ruins things for an average guy - a 6/10 (basic bitch) will, thanks to it, think she is a model, and will only chase top tier guys (and come to her senses when she turns 25). That is a time when most women hit the Wall here (well before it's usual time, due to cigarettes, tanning, booze...).
Most guys here are not in shape. Again, thanks to a very unhealthy food (burek, ćevapi...), cheap alcohol, cheap cigarettes and lack of gym culture, they let themselves go at relatively early age. Most of the guys I know from High School are well...unrecognizable at the age of 27.
In the gym (which relatively few guys attend),
80% (conservative estimate) do not know what they are doing!. Most of them do ''brosplits'' on machines and bench press (with a spotter, for a single improper rep!). Very few do squat, overhead press... .What is even worse, they think that they know better than you do (they say that 5X5 Stronglifts and Arnold's 5X10 are too hard, lol). I don't even bother to debate them. Most of those smart asses eventually ragequit (and lose all gains), because they wonder ''why don't I look like Hugh Jackman after 1 year (of machine based program)!?!?''.
Most guys here do not work, or work for shitty pay. Thanks to that, most do not have a property, or a car. Therefore, most of your competition is working (and fucking) in the West, or is simply too poor (and too fat) to be any real ''threat'' to you. The only ''threat'' are
(1) older people with good jobs (majority) - business owners, doctors, lawyers... . They usually do not have much Game and are not that good looking, but they have money and social circles and
(2) younger guys which are in shape (for now) who have some Game (Caveman usually) and strong social circles.
Guys who have money, Game and which are in shape will make a killing here. Fortunately for us, they are extremely rare.