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The Delicate Sound of Thunder of The Gates of Delirium is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its absence of drug laws. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 11.673 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although Defence and Healthcare are on the agenda. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 49%. A robust private sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, followed by Information Technology and Arms Manufacturing.

The nanny industry has had a boom after maternity leave was recently banned, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, The Gates of Delirium is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, and mobile phone masts are being erected all over the country. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. The Gates of Delirium's national animal is the Coiled Snake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Fugit.

The Gates of Delirium is ranked 121st in Gatesville Inc and 52,855th in the world for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 15 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and