Any poll would have to be huge:
American West
American Northwest
American Southwest
American Midwest
American South
American Northeast
<and of course, none of that rightly ought be called 'American', only perhaps 'United Statesian'>
Alaska
Hawai'i
<various American colonies like Puerto Rico>
Britain
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
France
Spain
Russia
<other European countries>
Australia
China
Japan
Outer Mongolia
Kee-righst! Instead, we should have a poll, but instead, it'd be like choosing countries in Risk; we could have this rolling Goth War, with various illicit substances and fashion police and random band tours that give bonuses or minuses (if they're poseur bands) to your domination rolls (or submission rolls, I guess) as you move about the board looking for World Domination, or as you accumulate the most Coffee/Angst points.
Something like that...
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