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It’s because you were not really tallying.

I did the tallying for you. When specifically two countries were mentioned and it wasn’t clear which country the good deed happened in, I awarded 0.5 points to each of those countries.

The top country that is specifically mentioned is the USA. Of countries that are specified as non USA, they accumulated 34.5 points. The USA accumulated 37.5.

The tallying was done at 4:03 PM UTC on December 14, 2025

Here is the {position, score, country} list

#0. 42 Country not mentioned

#1. 37.5 USA

#2. 6.5 UK

#3. 5 Japan

#4. 4 Australia

#5. 2.5 Germany

#6. 2 Canada

#6. 2 India

#7. 1 Argentina

#7. 1 Bethlehem (Roman Empire, ~4 BCE)

#7. 1 Costa Rica

#7. 1 Iceland

#7. 1 Jordan

#7. 1 Nigeria

#7. 1 Norway

#7. 1 Philippines

#7. 1 Poland

#7. 1 Spain

#7. 1 Tahiti

#7. 1 Taiwan

#8. 0.5 France





Does this tallying account for context clues that make the country being non-US apparent?

Yes, but for all countries, not just for the US. If a place was mentioned, I googled it to figure out the country.



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