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The Empire of Lavender Delegate is a mammoth, genial nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, enslaved workforce, and parental licensing program. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.133 billion Lavender Delegateans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 73.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lavender Delegatean economy, worth a remarkable 1,009 trillion Lavender Orbs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 141,509 Lavender Orbs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

A newly discovered small mammal's name translates into Lavender Delegatean as 'your finger, you fool', thousands of picky mothers-in-law have been recruited to serve as even pickier cookery instructors, famous artwork is regularly confiscated for plagiarism, and brave curators do battle with disorganised government libraries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lavender Delegate's national animal is the Lavender Macaw, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Lavender Delegate is ranked 263,588^th in the world and 1^st in Inflation for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -6.13 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.