| 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 -0.0209)
+0 to +2.98 Wealth Gaps (mean +0.1567)
+0.02 to +14.43 Death Rate (mean +1.3277)
-101.96 to +10.41 Eco-Friendliness (mean -16.8114)
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-0.25 to -0 Nudity (mean -0.0039)
-130.27 to +23.84 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean -7.0747)
-78.39 to +37.1 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean -7.3845)
-172.86 to +42.68 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean -30.5463)
+0.63 to +982.14 Industry: Information Technology (mean +359.4711)
-167.85 to +97.27 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean -8.7147)
-267.37 to +12.07 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean -10.2244)
-727.53 to +5.41 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean -102.1973)
-62.93 to +50.37 Sector: Agriculture (mean -11.1998)
-84.98 to +121.96 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean -5.3027)
-205.16 to +32.84 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean -39.7275)
-354.49 to +45.81 Industry: Mining (mean -67.1030)
-190.3 to -0 Industry: Insurance (mean -19.1664)
-119.3 to +28.33 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean -24.6545)
+0.6 to +1038.35 Industry: Retail (mean +496.2425)
-102.16 to +100.05 Industry: Book Publishing (mean -12.8336)
-102.1 to +125.87 Industry: Gambling (mean -11.3636)
-739.55 to +57.47 Sector: Manufacturing (mean -139.8170)
-121.83 to +23.43 Welfare (mean -14.9416)
-143.1 to +37.73 Public Healthcare (mean -35.4775)
-280.85 to +37.73 Law Enforcement (mean -54.1902)
-317.21 to +16.92 Business Subsidization (mean -66.4316)
-2.53 to -0 Income Equality (mean -0.6934)
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-0.46 to +8.72 Rudeness (mean +2.0797)
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-0.69 to -0 Ignorance (mean -0.0714)
-0.37 to -0 Health (mean -0.0562)
+0.05 to +0.5 Cheerfulness (mean +0.2958)
-1 to -0 Weather (mean -0.0156)
-0.4 to -0 Compliance (mean -0.0561)
-0.41 to -0 Safety (mean -0.0088)
-4.25 to -0.01 Lifespan (mean -0.4031)
-1.11 to +0.55 Ideological Radicality (mean -0.3377)
-364.42 to +33.83 Defense Forces (mean -47.3641)
-0.21 to -0 Pacifism (mean -0.0156)
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-0.79 to -0.01 Taxation (mean -0.1941)
+0.24 to +1.22 Freedom From Taxation (mean +0.8333)
+0 to +0.59 Corruption (mean +0.0092)
-0.04 to -0 Integrity (mean -0.0006)
-414.32 to +16.29 Authoritarianism (mean -72.0458)
+0 to +4.74 Employment (mean +0.2141)
-75.13 to +13.01 Public Transport (mean -10.8570)
+0 to +11.15 Tourism (mean +1.3569)
+0 to +0.06 Weaponization (mean +0.0044)
-0.64 to -0 Recreational Drug Use (mean -0.2053)
+0.01 to +0.57 Obesity (mean +0.1897)
-2.35 to -0 Charmlessness (mean -0.5737)
-0.55 to +1.11 Averageness (mean +0.3377)
-1.42 to +0.65 Human Development Index (mean -0.0694)
-40.66 to -13.03 Primitiveness (mean -18.5695)
+12.82 to +57.86 Scientific Advancement (mean +20.2353)
-2109.68 to +1383.34 Average Income (mean +86.9202)
-4261.36 to +627.39 Average Income of Poor (mean -1007.5870)
-358 to +22076 Average Income of Rich (mean +3515.9375)
-147.72 to +36.44 Public Education (mean -36.5825)
+0 to +0.4 Crime (mean +0.0202)
-89.65 to +6.51 Foreign Aid (mean -4.5969)
-365.95 to +1358.89 Average Disposable Income (mean +364.2327)
-0.59 to +1.43 Food Quality (mean +0.0342)
+0 to +0.4 Accessibility (mean +0.1244)
removes policy: No Video Games
sometimes adds notability: deadly medical pandemics
sometimes removes notability: punitive income tax rates
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2026-03-23
2023-11-04
2023-11-26
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| 2. children entertain themselves by throwing rocks through the windows of world-class museums |
-0.56 to -0 Civil Rights (mean -0.2438)
-0.51 to +1.46 Death Rate (mean -0.0104)
+0 to +149.74 Eco-Friendliness (mean +76.3205)
+0 to +0.45 Social Conservatism (mean +0.2084)
-0.25 to -0 Nudity (mean -0.0592)
-16.2 to +6.41 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean -0.8407)
-14.93 to +16.63 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean -0.6680)
-15.58 to +16.44 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean -2.7353)
-55.38 to +5.43 Industry: Information Technology (mean -5.5259)
-71.38 to +1.18 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean -2.2866)
-27.69 to +63.66 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean +0.5601)
-95.45 to +27.46 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean -8.3349)
-18.3 to +46.2 Sector: Agriculture (mean -0.0409)
-6.03 to +15.05 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean -0.8745)
-14.02 to +7.92 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean -3.3328)
-29.17 to +44.51 Industry: Mining (mean -5.3039)
-8.17 to +0.6 Industry: Insurance (mean -0.6484)
-16.85 to +7.16 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean -2.6107)
-61.73 to +36.02 Industry: Retail (mean -5.3378)
-27.35 to +9.74 Industry: Book Publishing (mean -2.4008)
-156.04 to +1.24 Industry: Gambling (mean -10.7080)
-101.61 to +50.32 Sector: Manufacturing (mean -11.9108)
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-15.55 to +4.06 Welfare (mean -2.6736)
-36.5 to +6.22 Public Healthcare (mean -6.0937)
-30.24 to +10 Law Enforcement (mean -7.5457)
-82.43 to +9.43 Business Subsidization (mean -8.9224)
+0 to +0.7 Rudeness (mean +0.0092)
+0 to +1.16 Intelligence (mean +0.1645)
-1.21 to -0 Ignorance (mean -0.2167)
-0.02 to +0.81 Compliance (mean +0.2042)
-0.01 to +1.4 Safety (mean +0.0428)
-0.09 to +0.38 Lifespan (mean +0.0139)
-0.14 to +0.15 Ideological Radicality (mean +0.0589)
-47.52 to +4.81 Defense Forces (mean -4.8933)
+0 to +0.73 Pacifism (mean +0.0671)
+0 to +0.59 Taxation (mean +0.1455)
-1.08 to -0 Freedom From Taxation (mean -0.9672)
+0 to +1.45 Corruption (mean +0.0191)
-0.1 to -0 Integrity (mean -0.0013)
+0 to +82.92 Authoritarianism (mean +10.2326)
-0.01 to +1.4 Employment (mean +0.0314)
-24.16 to +3.78 Public Transport (mean -2.2395)
-0.02 to +12.42 Tourism (mean +1.6787)
-0.08 to -0 Weaponization (mean -0.0111)
-1.09 to -0 Recreational Drug Use (mean -0.2228)
-0.03 to -0 Obesity (mean -0.0018)
+0 to +7.22 Environmental Beauty (mean +1.6197)
-9.4 to +0.58 Charmlessness (mean -0.7939)
-0.15 to +0.14 Averageness (mean -0.0589)
+0 to +0.38 Human Development Index (mean +0.0822)
-7.33 to -0 Primitiveness (mean -0.7208)
+0 to +6.48 Scientific Advancement (mean +0.8550)
-261.61 to +382.79 Average Income (mean +130.7533)
-153 to +212.66 Average Income of Poor (mean +68.0324)
-418 to +792 Average Income of Rich (mean +261.8684)
+0 to +321.5 Public Education (mean +154.0328)
-0.58 to -0 Crime (mean -0.0675)
-17.76 to +0.1 Foreign Aid (mean -0.9654)
-679.17 to +12.23 Average Disposable Income (mean -152.4512)
+0 to +0.03 Patriotism (mean +0.0034)
+0 to +0.32 Food Quality (mean +0.0272)
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 -0.2707)
-24.73 to -0 Death Rate (mean -1.8238)
-7.66 to +10.72 Eco-Friendliness (mean -0.6726)
+0 to +0.7 Social Conservatism (mean +0.2415)
-0.25 to -0 Nudity (mean -0.0585)
-4.59 to +29.6 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean +0.2232)
-4.99 to +27.39 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean +0.4880)
-6.9 to +20.84 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean +0.2560)
-30.78 to +68.62 Industry: Information Technology (mean +0.8867)
-272.24 to +26.2 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean -5.5981)
-10.9 to +13.02 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean -0.0546)
-61.91 to +89.41 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean -5.2664)
-21.45 to +19.64 Sector: Agriculture (mean -0.3355)
-824.95 to +7.26 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean -57.0599)
-8.32 to +27.01 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean -0.1045)
-13.54 to +65.59 Industry: Mining (mean +0.5179)
-5.62 to +107.33 Industry: Insurance (mean +1.1613)
-8.08 to +10.4 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean -0.3370)
-8.99 to +76.67 Industry: Retail (mean +2.6556)
-5.6 to +17.58 Industry: Book Publishing (mean +0.1847)
-227.86 to +128.95 Industry: Gambling (mean -5.4551)
-68.81 to +125.27 Sector: Manufacturing (mean -4.7868)
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-6.09 to +11.96 Welfare (mean -0.2885)
-8.43 to +21.91 Public Healthcare (mean -0.3522)
-27.61 to +27.4 Law Enforcement (mean -1.5980)
-17.75 to +28.74 Business Subsidization (mean -0.2883)
-0.24 to -0 Niceness (mean -0.0043)
-1.5 to -0 Rudeness (mean -0.4269)
-1.11 to -0 Intelligence (mean -0.1278)
+0 to +0.65 Ignorance (mean +0.1363)
+0 to +1.13 Health (mean +0.0890)
-0.5 to -0 Cheerfulness (mean -0.2307)
+0 to +1 Weather (mean +0.9894)
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+0 to +2.27 Safety (mean +0.0456)
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-0.67 to -0 Pacifism (mean -0.0422)
+0 to +0.34 Taxation (mean +0.0621)
-1.06 to -0 Freedom From Taxation (mean -0.3874)
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-2 to -0 Youth Rebelliousness (mean -1.9787)
-0.01 to +0.27 Employment (mean +0.0311)
-5.74 to +11.32 Public Transport (mean -0.2199)
+0 to +4.77 Tourism (mean +0.5423)
-0.15 to -0 Weaponization (mean -0.0113)
-0.97 to -0 Recreational Drug Use (mean -0.1373)
-0.8 to -0 Obesity (mean -0.2922)
-1.37 to -0 Charmlessness (mean -0.3253)
-0.23 to -0 Averageness (mean -0.0805)
-0.6 to +0.89 Human Development Index (mean +0.0926)
+0 to +0.77 Primitiveness (mean +0.2484)
-9.95 to -0 Scientific Advancement (mean -0.4211)
-372.27 to +221.52 Average Income (mean +0.6162)
-228.01 to +85.39 Average Income of Poor (mean +0.5609)
-1128 to +1945 Average Income of Rich (mean +8.6809)
-137.01 to -0 Public Education (mean -74.7497)
-0.75 to -0 Crime (mean -0.0969)
-2.49 to +4.61 Foreign Aid (mean -0.0555)
-781.68 to +17.61 Average Disposable Income (mean -87.5802)
+0 to +0.23 Patriotism (mean +0.0868)
+0 to +1.99 Food Quality (mean +0.0796)
-0.32 to -0 Accessibility (mean -0.0480)
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 +0.0439)
-0.17 to +0.24 Death Rate (mean +0.0235)
-42.37 to +21.74 Eco-Friendliness (mean -7.5211)
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-0.25 to -0 Nudity (mean -0.1389)
-5.77 to -0 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean -0.5424)
-23.21 to -0 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean -3.7759)
-38.07 to -0 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean -12.7454)
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-28.04 to +13.43 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean -2.2193)
-26.22 to +143.91 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean +1.6204)
-148.29 to +32.38 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean -22.3754)
-26.33 to -0 Sector: Agriculture (mean -3.1767)
-48.19 to -0 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean -6.1591)
-58.38 to +1.5 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean -16.1207)
-88.17 to +2.08 Industry: Mining (mean -32.3406)
-20.36 to -0 Industry: Insurance (mean -1.3733)
-43.03 to -0 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean -11.7587)
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-32.44 to -0 Industry: Book Publishing (mean -4.1635)
-153.88 to -0 Industry: Gambling (mean -18.6917)
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-54.94 to +24.74 Public Healthcare (mean -16.9311)
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-71.55 to +14.99 Business Subsidization (mean -30.9969)
-0.22 to -0.02 Income Equality (mean -0.1189)
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-0.16 to +0.07 Intelligence (mean -0.0122)
-0.06 to +0.53 Ignorance (mean +0.0407)
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-0.11 to +0.16 Taxation (mean -0.0111)
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-30.88 to +13.5 Public Transport (mean -6.9946)
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-0.06 to -0 Weaponization (mean -0.0094)
-0.97 to -0 Recreational Drug Use (mean -0.3063)
+0 to +0.02 Obesity (mean +0.0093)
-2.7 to +0.11 Charmlessness (mean -0.4248)
-0.36 to +0.08 Averageness (mean -0.1283)
-0.02 to +0.28 Human Development Index (mean -0.0004)
-58.7 to -0.13 Primitiveness (mean -15.6717)
+0.11 to +60.39 Scientific Advancement (mean +15.9307)
-111.64 to +798.22 Average Income (mean +206.3091)
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-67.96 to +33.73 Public Education (mean -17.4013)
-0.26 to -0 Crime (mean -0.0469)
-19.42 to +9 Foreign Aid (mean -1.5120)
-175.05 to +302.11 Average Disposable Income (mean +47.3587)
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+0 to +0.56 Food Quality (mean +0.0144)
removes policy: No Video Games
sometimes removes notability: absence of drug laws
sometimes adds notability: restrictive gun laws
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2022-07-29
2024-08-26
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