The US is an exception. There the whole states identify themselves with a party. And North Korea, of course.
These two events may not be cause and consequence, or even not connected. Since the times of the USSR there has been a decline in Maths proficiency in Ukraine as well, however we had had nothing to do with doudecimal system. Perhaps it is the general tendency of the world to get poorer at Sciences and better at Arts.
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