Animal Crossing - Aparrently, ethnostates are quite sought after in the Animal Crossing community (or at least the subreddit)

It doesn't always have to be an 'ism. People just like collecting things in a certain category. Like cats. Or bunnys. It's satisfying.

But then one or two people like to make a joke of it like this and it spreads across the internet and becomes wildly exaggerated to the point that you can't tell if most people are joking or not, anymore.