Team 1: California, Cuba, Inca, Japan, Sichuan, UK, Congo
Team 2: Quebec, Mexico, Oceania, Indonesia, India, Catholica, Somalia
Team 3: United States, Amazon, Argentina, Thailand, Manchuria, Turkey, Nigeria
Team 4: Illinois, Colombia, Brazil, Philippines, Central Asia, Russia, South Africa
Team 5: Canada, Texas, Australia, Song, Iran, Germany, Egypt
Teams are set in stone once game begins. This was done randomly using a random digit creator on a Calculator with each region being divided up equally among teams.
I'm thinking 36 Hour Phases with 5 (D) buy-in