# What Country Are You A Citizen Of? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 15, 2012, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212 "2012-06-15T06:57:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/21 "2012-06-15T23:32:23Z")
Awww…:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/22 "2012-06-16T00:52:22Z")
Should be multichoice poll as I have dual citizenship. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/23 "2012-06-16T00:54:26Z")
The one that used to run the world before you. Although I wish it were Italy, so good they polled it twice. ---
**Author:** ![Syme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Syme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syme)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/24 "2012-06-16T00:59:27Z")
> [@DataZak](#): > > ‘Other’ because you don’t have Malaysia listed. You have Thailand and Singapore but not the country between those two? _mutter grumble gripe_ Hm a lot of posters have "Other’ citizenship. I am spinning my Google globe and still can’t find it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/25 "2012-06-16T01:11:37Z")
Another dual citizen here. I wonder if the mods can change the poll to multiple choice? Eh, I’ll see if I can report this post… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/26 "2012-06-16T01:53:41Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Dual > > I’ll say Canadadadada to even things out. Ditto, minus the stutter. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/27 "2012-06-16T02:39:45Z")
… Why isn’t there a multi-nation option? ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/28 "2012-06-16T02:39:52Z")
I don’t see an option for Robonia, a country I didn’t make up. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/29 "2012-06-16T02:48:59Z")
> [@Syme](#): > > Hm a lot of posters have "Other’ citizenship. I am spinning my Google globe and still can’t find it 🙂 And we like it that way! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/30 "2012-06-16T02:54:49Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > That was the first thing I noticed, too - would it kill internet retailers to do that? I had the reverse happen to me this week. I was ordering a book from a Canadian author’s website. The default choice for country was Canada. Fair enough. But the United States was listed alphabetically with all the other countries. Which is a little silly. Given the relative populations, the author is probably going to get as many American orders as Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/31 "2012-06-16T02:58:24Z")
Dual, so since US will have enough reps in here, I picked Israel. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/32 "2012-06-16T02:59:38Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I can see **Jack** from my house. I can’t see Jack from my house, but maybe that’s just because of the fog. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/33 "2012-06-16T07:03:00Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > Another dual citizen here. I wonder if the mods can change the poll to multiple choice? Eh, I’ll see if I can report this post… Nope, sorry. ETA: I mean it’s not possible, otherwise I’d do it…not “Sorry, I can do it, but I won’t.” ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/34 "2012-06-16T08:32:54Z")
> [@Terr](#): > > Dual, so since US will have enough reps in here, I picked Israel. Dual, and for the same reason I picked South Africa. ---
**Author:** ![Syme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Syme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syme)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/35 "2012-06-16T09:54:22Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I had the reverse happen to me this week. I was ordering a book from a Canadian author’s website. > > The default choice for country was Canada. Fair enough. But the United States was listed alphabetically with all the other countries. Which is a little silly. Given the relative populations, the author is probably going to get as many American orders as Canadian. why not list the US of A, as “America” ? after all, the citizens of the US of A, call themselves Americans. They practically own the whole of the continent, so why not? And bingo! America would come even before Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/36 "2012-06-16T20:19:42Z")
US and Canada. I didn’t vote. You should have allowed multiple votes. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/37 "2012-06-16T22:18:26Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > What country are you a citizen of? Tut, tut. The question should be, ‘Of which country are you a citizen?’ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/38 "2012-06-16T22:45:25Z")
Dual citizen: Duchy of Grand Fenwick and Burgundian. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/39 "2012-06-16T22:47:21Z")
Plenty of dual citizenship folks here. Can anyone else match my three? ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212/40 "2012-06-16T23:45:45Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Plenty of dual citizenship folks here. > > Can anyone else match my three? Yup. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-are-you-a-citizen-of/625212.md?page=3)