The Most Serene Republic of Delight is a gargantuan, cultured nation, notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 14.337 billion Delightists enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elathuria. The average income tax rate is 92.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Delightian economy, worth a remarkable 1,392 trillion Brass Buttons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is 97,099 Brass Buttons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Handling people's data is proving an immersive experience, army doctors who come under attack defend themselves by using stethoscopes like nunchaku, Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, and viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Delight's national animal is the Death Meadow Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Delight is ranked 19,818^th in the world and 488^th in the Rejected Realms for Lowest Crime Rates, with 89.87 law-abiding acts per hour.