~snipped~.
That's not entirely correct either as even if you don't have local board you can still apply. If you check hugeblack merit history you will see that he merited posts made in Pakistan and Bangladesh threads, which are not local boards as of yet.
But of course, technically those ones can safely be regarded as LBs too as they're in the "Other Languages/Locations" section of the forum. As long as their citizens do meet and post in their chosen language and reflex on things happening in their countries, I take them as LB.