Looks like my incentive examples 100k posts led to extreme feedback even thought i've bolded it just some rough ideas which subject to negotitation. The main idea was to honor the NT manager itself.
Imagine someone in your league is candidate to become NT coach ? Would you vote for him and "grant" him money to beat you afterwards ?
Yes, I would vote him if he can bring our Nation to a new level (winning championship, participate in WC), which he should be rewarded for this achievement.
If you worried about micronation, you can always plant some coefficient to make WR#96 earn more incentives than WR#5.
Champions are those who kept fighting till the end. Even if we lost, we are still the Champion. "The Queen - We Are The Champions"