Wow, I wouldn't be surprised by little connection or uneven, but none?
I'm guessing the important police work is carried out far from the local level with programs targeting organised crime and similar. Apparently the local guys write tickets and that's it. I would have at least expected they'd help by showing up to drunken brawls before they escalate, but apparently not.
Occasionally. Sometimes it seems like a free-for-all over there too, though.
> Hospitality
> Heavy drinking (although using drinks with completely opposite alcohol contents)
"America" is the only one I can think of. Not OP, though.
I'm actually going to go a step further and say regulated, non-crony capitalism would also be better than what they have. The party has no incentive to bring either in as they are the cronies, though.
Criticising the Dear Leader is racist, probably.
Small c, maybe. "Conservative" these day can actually mean "extremely reactionary".
Yeah, it's a believe it when you see it thing at this point. They might stagnate out economically or have internal supply issues, but there's a world of difference between that and actual regime instability.
Case in point: Zimbabwe is still run by largely the same group of guys that ordered the 100-trillion dollar bills made.
Real answer here. It can't be too gross if you want people watching your movie, though.
Hmm. What areas? AFAIK they're on all the same continents as humans, and a few species get as far north as places like Canada. I guess Ireland famously has no snakes, so maybe there. I'd expect northern Canada and Ireland could both get dragon myths by import from distant lands.
So, that's my attempt at an explanation.
That's more like demons, though.
I mean, the data is only about funding rates that actually exist. No law enforcement at all would be jumped on by organized crime (that's called a power vacuum, and isn't a thing in Canada), but apparently an especially light police presence is no different from a heavy one.
What it most directly supports policy-wise is scaling down the local police a bit. The real work will still get done by whatever investigative teams.