The Delicate Sound of Thunder of The Gates of Delirium is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Westwind with an iron fist, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, digital currency, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 30.53 billion Delirians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Path of Glory. The average income tax rate is 64.3%.

The thriving The Gates of Delirian economy, worth a remarkable 2,352 trillion Fugits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 77,063 Fugits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

All transmission towers have been temporarily diverted in order to establish dialogue with a comet, Westwind is worshipped as a god, oracles predict landslide victories for Westwind for the next 50 years, and chemically brainwashed citizens praise Westwind's name on an hourly basis. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Gates of Delirium's national animal is the Coiled Snake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Church of Westwind.

The Gates of Delirium is ranked 57,011^th in the world and 1^st in The Watchtower for Lowest Crime Rates, with 72.42 law-abiding acts per hour.