Undoubtedly, certain phytochemicals exert cognitive and behavioral effects on those who consume them. If a nation consumes certain herbs with greater frequency than others, we can expect that the herb will exert its effects on the political behavior of the nation at large.
Three of the most common herbs consumed for their neurochemical effects are tea, coffee, and tobacco. Most people recognize caffeine and nicotine as the predominant phytochemicals, and so might be inclined to lump tea and coffee together, but the two herbs are known to exert very different effects.
Lets characterize (major) nations according to their botanical preferences. After doing so, can one observe any patterns?
Tea Consumption per capita:
1) Turkey: 7.54 kg (266 oz)
3) Ireland: 3.22 kg (114 oz)
5) UK: 2.74 kg (97 oz)
12) Hong Kong: 1.42 kg (50 oz)
15) Russia: 1.21 kg (43 oz)
20) Iran: 1.07 kg (38 oz)
24) Japan: 0.99 kg (35 oz)
- Skipping minor Arab/African countries
Coffee Consumption per capita
1) Finland: 1.07 kg (38 oz)
2) Norway/Iceland: 9.9 kg
3) Denmark: 8.7 kg
4) Netherlands: 8.4 kg
5) Sweden: 8.2 kg
9) Canada: 6.5 kg
Number of Cigarettes per year
1 Greece 2,996
2 Serbia 2,924
3 Bulgaria 2,822
4 Russia 2,786
5 Romania 2,520
6 Moldova 2,479
7 Lebanon 2,451
8 Ukraine 2,401
9 Slovenia 2,360
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,278
…
14 South Korea 1,958
18 Japan 1,841
20 Spain 1,757
22 China 1,711
…
35 Turkey 1,399
45 Germany 1,045
51 United States 1,028
DISCUSSION
Most evidently, Eastern European countries consume tobacco, Nordic countries consume coffee, but I couldn't draw any connections regarding tea except for that Turkey drinks a metric fuckton.
Tobacco countries are most inclined to remove kebab, the tea country is kebab, and coffee countries are cucks.
Aside from "pure coincidence," does anybody think that there might be a connection between tobacco consumption and hardness, or coffee consumption and cuckoldry?