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The Meditations of Happy Gilmour is a gargantuan, devout nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 16.138 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous government devotes most of its attentions to Social Welfare, with areas such as Law & Order and Defence receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 28%. A substantial private sector is led by the Gambling industry, followed by Door-to-door Insurance Sales and Information Technology.

Euthanasia is legal, voting is voluntary, all tariffs have been abolished, and tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests. Crime is relatively low. Happy Gilmour's national animal is the Divine, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Meditation.

Happy Gilmour is ranked 46th in NationStates and 23,809th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and