| Option | Result | Data points / Last confirmed |
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| 1. retail stores have reported mile-long lines after the ban on video games was lifted |
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-1.34 to -0 Political Freedom (mean -0.0203)
+0 to +2.98 Wealth Gaps (mean +0.1585)
+0.02 to +14.43 Death Rate (mean +1.4123)
-101.96 to +10.41 Eco-Friendliness (mean -16.5411)
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-0.25 to -0 Nudity (mean -0.0038)
-130.27 to +23.84 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean -6.8603)
-78.39 to +37.1 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean -7.1608)
-172.86 to +42.68 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean -30.7517)
+0.63 to +982.14 Industry: Information Technology (mean +363.1100)
-167.85 to +97.27 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean -8.4518)
-267.37 to +12.07 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean -9.9145)
-727.53 to +5.41 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean -100.2114)
-62.93 to +50.37 Sector: Agriculture (mean -11.2070)
-84.98 to +121.96 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean -5.3067)
-205.16 to +32.84 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean -40.4145)
-354.49 to +45.81 Industry: Mining (mean -69.1870)
-190.3 to -0 Industry: Insurance (mean -18.5856)
-119.3 to +28.33 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean -23.9161)
+0.6 to +1038.35 Industry: Retail (mean +503.7126)
-102.16 to +100.05 Industry: Book Publishing (mean -12.4447)
-102.1 to +125.87 Industry: Gambling (mean -11.0459)
-739.55 to +57.47 Sector: Manufacturing (mean -137.8221)
-121.83 to +23.43 Welfare (mean -15.1606)
-143.1 to +37.73 Public Healthcare (mean -35.9173)
-280.85 to +37.73 Law Enforcement (mean -56.0773)
-317.21 to +16.92 Business Subsidization (mean -67.8417)
-2.53 to -0 Income Equality (mean -0.7089)
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-0.46 to +8.72 Rudeness (mean +2.0768)
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-0.69 to -0 Ignorance (mean -0.0733)
-0.37 to -0 Health (mean -0.0545)
+0.05 to +0.5 Cheerfulness (mean +0.2914)
-1 to -0 Weather (mean -0.0152)
-0.4 to -0 Compliance (mean -0.0561)
-0.41 to -0 Safety (mean -0.0085)
-4.25 to -0.01 Lifespan (mean -0.4338)
-1.11 to +0.55 Ideological Radicality (mean -0.3486)
-364.42 to +33.83 Defense Forces (mean -48.4017)
-0.21 to -0 Pacifism (mean -0.0152)
+0 to +3.33 Economic Freedom (mean +1.2224)
-0.79 to -0.01 Taxation (mean -0.1897)
+0.24 to +1.22 Freedom From Taxation (mean +0.8423)
+0 to +0.59 Corruption (mean +0.0089)
-0.04 to -0 Integrity (mean -0.0006)
-414.32 to +16.29 Authoritarianism (mean -75.2547)
+0 to +4.74 Employment (mean +0.2080)
-75.13 to +13.01 Public Transport (mean -11.0288)
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+0 to +0.06 Weaponization (mean +0.0042)
-0.64 to -0 Recreational Drug Use (mean -0.2062)
+0.01 to +0.57 Obesity (mean +0.1962)
-2.35 to -0 Charmlessness (mean -0.5838)
-0.55 to +1.11 Averageness (mean +0.3486)
-1.42 to +0.65 Human Development Index (mean -0.0815)
-40.66 to -13.03 Primitiveness (mean -18.5064)
+12.82 to +57.86 Scientific Advancement (mean +20.1950)
-2109.68 to +1383.34 Average Income (mean +90.8517)
-4261.36 to +627.39 Average Income of Poor (mean -1050.7541)
-358 to +22076 Average Income of Rich (mean +3667.6061)
-147.72 to +36.44 Public Education (mean -38.4258)
+0 to +0.4 Crime (mean +0.0195)
-89.65 to +6.51 Foreign Aid (mean -4.4683)
-365.95 to +1358.89 Average Disposable Income (mean +353.6968)
-0.59 to +1.43 Food Quality (mean +0.0332)
+0 to +0.4 Accessibility (mean +0.1018)
removes policy: No Video Games
sometimes adds notability: deadly medical pandemics
sometimes removes notability: punitive income tax rates
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2026-03-30
2023-11-04
2023-11-26
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| 2. children entertain themselves by throwing rocks through the windows of world-class museums |
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-0.51 to +1.46 Death Rate (mean -0.0113)
+0 to +149.74 Eco-Friendliness (mean +76.5971)
+0 to +0.45 Social Conservatism (mean +0.2112)
-0.25 to -0 Nudity (mean -0.0617)
-16.2 to +6.41 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean -0.8297)
-14.93 to +16.63 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean -0.6577)
-15.58 to +16.44 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean -2.6960)
-55.38 to +5.43 Industry: Information Technology (mean -5.4542)
-71.38 to +1.18 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean -2.2568)
-27.69 to +63.66 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean +0.5542)
-95.45 to +27.46 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean -8.2234)
-18.3 to +46.2 Sector: Agriculture (mean -0.0395)
-6.03 to +15.05 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean -0.8623)
-14.02 to +7.92 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean -3.2882)
-29.17 to +44.51 Industry: Mining (mean -5.2286)
-8.17 to +0.6 Industry: Insurance (mean -0.6400)
-16.85 to +7.16 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean -2.5726)
-61.73 to +36.02 Industry: Retail (mean -5.2684)
-27.35 to +9.74 Industry: Book Publishing (mean -2.3696)
-156.04 to +1.24 Industry: Gambling (mean -10.5674)
-101.61 to +50.32 Sector: Manufacturing (mean -11.7491)
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-15.55 to +4.06 Welfare (mean -2.6388)
-36.5 to +6.22 Public Healthcare (mean -6.0145)
-30.24 to +10 Law Enforcement (mean -7.4469)
-82.43 to +9.43 Business Subsidization (mean -8.8044)
+0 to +0.7 Rudeness (mean +0.0091)
+0 to +1.16 Intelligence (mean +0.1623)
-1.21 to +0.03 Ignorance (mean -0.2135)
-0.02 to +0.81 Compliance (mean +0.2027)
-0.01 to +1.4 Safety (mean +0.0423)
-0.09 to +0.38 Lifespan (mean +0.0142)
-0.14 to +0.15 Ideological Radicality (mean +0.0600)
-47.52 to +4.81 Defense Forces (mean -4.8292)
+0 to +0.73 Pacifism (mean +0.0664)
+0 to +0.59 Taxation (mean +0.1458)
-1.08 to -0 Freedom From Taxation (mean -0.9591)
+0 to +1.45 Corruption (mean +0.0188)
-0.1 to -0 Integrity (mean -0.0013)
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-0.01 to +1.4 Employment (mean +0.0352)
-24.16 to +3.78 Public Transport (mean -2.2103)
-0.02 to +12.42 Tourism (mean +1.6571)
-0.08 to -0 Weaponization (mean -0.0109)
-1.09 to -0 Recreational Drug Use (mean -0.2213)
-0.03 to -0 Obesity (mean -0.0018)
+0 to +7.22 Environmental Beauty (mean +1.5991)
-9.4 to +0.58 Charmlessness (mean -0.7878)
-0.15 to +0.14 Averageness (mean -0.0600)
+0 to +0.38 Human Development Index (mean +0.0825)
-7.33 to -0 Primitiveness (mean -0.7156)
+0 to +6.48 Scientific Advancement (mean +0.8490)
-261.61 to +382.79 Average Income (mean +130.3591)
-153 to +212.66 Average Income of Poor (mean +67.3030)
-418 to +792 Average Income of Rich (mean +264.8182)
+0 to +321.5 Public Education (mean +152.0625)
-0.58 to -0 Crime (mean -0.0670)
-17.76 to +0.1 Foreign Aid (mean -0.9529)
-679.17 to +12.23 Average Disposable Income (mean -151.7987)
+0 to +0.03 Patriotism (mean +0.0035)
+0 to +0.32 Food Quality (mean +0.0269)
sometimes removes notability: barren, inhospitable landscape
sometimes removes notability: complete lack of public education
sometimes adds notability: punitive income tax rates
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2024-09-09
2023-11-27
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| 3. the nation's exceedingly polite children have often been referred to as "robots" by international media |
-0.89 to -0 Civil Rights (mean -0.2741)
-24.73 to -0 Death Rate (mean -1.8557)
-7.66 to +11.45 Eco-Friendliness (mean -0.5353)
+0 to +0.7 Social Conservatism (mean +0.2435)
-0.25 to -0 Nudity (mean -0.0593)
-4.59 to +29.6 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean +0.2124)
-4.99 to +27.39 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean +0.4714)
-6.9 to +21.32 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean +0.4427)
-30.78 to +68.62 Industry: Information Technology (mean +0.9837)
-272.24 to +26.2 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean -5.4249)
-10.9 to +13.02 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean -0.0529)
-61.91 to +89.41 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean -5.1129)
-21.45 to +19.64 Sector: Agriculture (mean -0.3252)
-838.35 to +7.26 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean -63.9423)
-8.32 to +28.69 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean +0.1796)
-13.54 to +83.27 Industry: Mining (mean +1.2818)
-5.62 to +107.33 Industry: Insurance (mean +1.1254)
-8.08 to +35.74 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean +0.0038)
-8.99 to +76.67 Industry: Retail (mean +2.6718)
-5.6 to +17.58 Industry: Book Publishing (mean +0.1587)
-227.86 to +128.95 Industry: Gambling (mean -5.0063)
-68.81 to +125.27 Sector: Manufacturing (mean -4.4575)
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-6.09 to +11.96 Welfare (mean -0.2325)
-8.43 to +21.91 Public Healthcare (mean -0.2351)
-27.61 to +27.4 Law Enforcement (mean -1.4576)
-17.75 to +37.19 Business Subsidization (mean -0.0040)
-0.24 to -0 Niceness (mean -0.0041)
-1.5 to -0 Rudeness (mean -0.4291)
-1.11 to -0 Intelligence (mean -0.1240)
+0 to +0.65 Ignorance (mean +0.1370)
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-0.5 to -0 Cheerfulness (mean -0.2268)
+0 to +1 Weather (mean +0.9897)
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+0 to +2.27 Safety (mean +0.0444)
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-0.67 to -0 Pacifism (mean -0.0409)
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-1.06 to -0 Freedom From Taxation (mean -0.3908)
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-2 to -0 Youth Rebelliousness (mean -1.9794)
-0.01 to +0.27 Employment (mean +0.0303)
-5.74 to +11.32 Public Transport (mean -0.2307)
+0 to +4.77 Tourism (mean +0.5258)
-0.19 to -0 Weaponization (mean -0.0142)
-0.97 to -0 Recreational Drug Use (mean -0.1415)
-0.87 to -0 Obesity (mean -0.3014)
-1.37 to -0 Charmlessness (mean -0.3273)
-0.23 to -0 Averageness (mean -0.0812)
-0.6 to +0.89 Human Development Index (mean +0.0954)
+0 to +1.05 Primitiveness (mean +0.2587)
-9.95 to -0 Scientific Advancement (mean -0.4205)
-372.27 to +221.52 Average Income (mean -1.9492)
-251.28 to +85.39 Average Income of Poor (mean -1.6779)
-1128 to +1945 Average Income of Rich (mean +5.9794)
-137.01 to -0 Public Education (mean -75.1532)
-0.75 to -0 Crime (mean -0.1009)
-2.49 to +7.26 Foreign Aid (mean +0.0199)
-781.68 to +17.61 Average Disposable Income (mean -87.7311)
+0 to +0.23 Patriotism (mean +0.0866)
+0 to +1.99 Food Quality (mean +0.0773)
-0.32 to -0 Accessibility (mean -0.0431)
sometimes adds notability: complete lack of public education
sometimes removes notability: deadly medical pandemics
sometimes adds notability: punitive income tax rates
sometimes adds notability: restrictive gun laws
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2025-10-01
2022-12-30
2022-05-21
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| 4. Hide and Seek with Cuddle Bear is the most popular video game in the nation |
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+0 to +0.56 Wealth Gaps (mean +0.0434)
-0.17 to +0.24 Death Rate (mean +0.0268)
-42.37 to +21.74 Eco-Friendliness (mean -7.3448)
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-0.25 to -0 Nudity (mean -0.1384)
-5.77 to -0 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean -0.5282)
-23.21 to -0 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean -3.6411)
-38.07 to -0 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean -12.4886)
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-28.04 to +13.43 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean -2.1400)
-26.22 to +143.91 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean +1.5625)
-148.29 to +32.38 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean -22.5268)
-26.33 to -0 Sector: Agriculture (mean -3.1820)
-48.19 to -0 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean -6.0011)
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-88.17 to +2.08 Industry: Mining (mean -32.8664)
-20.36 to -0 Industry: Insurance (mean -1.3243)
-43.03 to -0 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean -11.6136)
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-32.44 to -0 Industry: Book Publishing (mean -4.1757)
-153.88 to -0 Industry: Gambling (mean -20.5204)
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-54.94 to +24.74 Public Healthcare (mean -16.8246)
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-71.55 to +14.99 Business Subsidization (mean -30.8016)
-0.22 to -0.02 Income Equality (mean -0.1179)
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-0.16 to +0.07 Intelligence (mean -0.0118)
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-0.11 to +0.16 Taxation (mean -0.0109)
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-30.88 to +13.5 Public Transport (mean -6.9527)
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-0.06 to -0 Weaponization (mean -0.0091)
-0.97 to -0 Recreational Drug Use (mean -0.3084)
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-2.7 to +0.11 Charmlessness (mean -0.4245)
-0.36 to +0.08 Averageness (mean -0.1261)
-0.02 to +0.28 Human Development Index (mean -0.0005)
-58.7 to -0.13 Primitiveness (mean -15.5898)
+0.11 to +60.39 Scientific Advancement (mean +15.7941)
-111.64 to +798.22 Average Income (mean +207.0677)
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-67.96 to +33.73 Public Education (mean -17.3421)
-0.26 to -0 Crime (mean -0.0493)
-19.42 to +9 Foreign Aid (mean -1.4643)
-175.05 to +302.11 Average Disposable Income (mean +46.9870)
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+0 to +0.56 Food Quality (mean +0.0139)
removes policy: No Video Games
sometimes removes notability: absence of drug laws
sometimes adds notability: restrictive gun laws
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2026-03-26
2022-07-29
2024-08-26
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