Global Exotic Movements

The Global Exotic Movements (G.E.M.) contest is an international "exotic and suggestive" dancing competition and talent show. It is most prominent in Hetairaea, and is widely considered to be the national sport of said nation.

Rules
The rules for an official G.E.M. match are as follows:


 * 1) Aside from the Recruitment Leagues, where every participant is solo, each competition team can have a maximum of 5 members. A permanent team can have more than 5 members during practice, but have to select 5 before each competition who are "in play". If one of the 5 selected members are out of the competition for whatever reasons (sick, emergency, etc.), a backup member can be designated to replace them.
 * 2) The members that are going to perform an entry have to be nominated before each dance. Not all members have to be present at all times (i.e. you can switch members during different parts of the performance), but members who were not nominated cannot come on stage.
 * 3) No background dancers are allowed. Only nominated team members are allowed on stage.
 * 4) You cannot perform a song that your team or a direct competitor has previously performed in the competition. You also cannot perform the same song as your direct competitor for the current match. (Performing the same song as another team that you didn't compete with is okay, as long as the choreography is different.)
 * 5) No stage props are allowed except poles. For Hetairaean teams, poles are also not allowed. (Although poles are regularly used for practice and demos) Accessories that are integrated into your costume are okay.
 * 6) Your outfit can be whatever as long as it doesn't show your naughtiest bits (nipples, butthole, genitals). This has less to do with morals or decency and more to do with competitiveness though.
 * 7) Your performance cannot be longer than 6 minutes. There's no hard minimum duration but generally fitting your entry into 3-5 minutes (a single average song) is recommended.
 * 8) There are actually no rules that dictate what kinds of dance can be performed (if you want to do a mime skit or hip hop or a very slow traditional dance then suit yourself), but your entry is judged based on allure more than anything else.

The winner of a G.E.M. match is decided by these following rules:


 * 1) Each match consists of two teams performing a dance entry one after another, in front of a panel of 3 judges and a live audience.
 * 2) Certain members of the live audience can be voting members. Every voting member is given a fixed amount of money charged to a temporary account for each performance. This amount varies depending on the match and the organizers' budget, but the amount of voting money for each match must be the same for every voting member, and must be the same for both performances in the match.
 * 3) During each performance, the voting member can donate certain amounts of money from this temporary account to the dancers using a private tablet. The amount of money each voting member donated is not known to other persons in the audience. Any money left from the temporary voting account that was not donated to the performers will be automatically deposited to the voting member's bank account after the performance ends.
 * 4) For most G.E.M. studios, every member of the audience is a voting member. For larger venues, a portion of the audience seats can be reserved for voting member tickets.
 * 5) The winner of the match is decided by both a panel vote and a subsequent money vote.
 * 6) During the panel vote, each of the 3 judges provides commentary and declares the team they voted for publicly.
 * 7) During the money vote, the sum of voting money that each team got is calculated and displayed publicly. If a team had only 1 vote during the panel vote, they need to obtain at least 2/3 of the total voting money (or 2 times as much as the other team) in order to win. If a team had no votes during the panel vote, they need to obtain at least 90% of the total voting money (or 9 times as much as the other team) in order to win.
 * 8) Regardless of the voting resuls, each team is allowed to bring all of the voting money they have obtained home.