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The Most Serene Republic of Delnish is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Forge Johnson with a fair hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, complete lack of prisons, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.961 billion Delnishians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kiln. The average income tax rate is 92.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Delnishian economy, worth 805 trillion Schmeckels a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 135,191 Schmeckels, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Forge Johnson has been known to make speeches in fishing waders, no one believes anything until it has been strenuously tested and peer-reviewed, weekends are spent tilting at windmills, and tipsy fans frequently invite themselves to the board meetings of sports clubs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Delnish's national animal is the Green-Haired Lizard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Delnish is ranked 260,294^th in the world and 216^th in Conch Kingdom for Largest Black Market, with 102 billion Standard Monetary Units.