EARTH, 2056. YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE NATIVE TO A HIGHLY EVOLVED PLANET THAT THRIVES ON SOUND CONSUMPTION. OIL, COAL BURNING, AND EVERY OTHER TYPE OF FOSSIL FUEL HAS PROVEN OBSOLETE BY YEAR 2040, AND EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, ALL TECHNOLOGY, ALL FORMS OF ENERGY, ARE POWERED BY DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF NOISES AND MUSIC. WITH THE DISCOVERY OF THIS TYPE OF POWER, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES SPIRAL AS WITH THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY THIS WORLD HAS TO OFFER, COMBINED WITH THIS NEW AND EFFICIENT SOURCE OF NEVER-ENDING ENERGY, THE NEED FOR CERTAIN PHYSICAL LABOR IS NO MORE. AROUND 2044, YOUR GOVERNMENT CREATES A RECOVERY PLAN: THE GLUE FACTORY. A NEW SYSTEM OF LABOR THAT CONSIDERS THE WELFARE OF ITS PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF RACE, IS ESTABLISHED. EARTH HORSES CREATE A SPECIFIC FREQUENCY OF SOUND THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLEANEST AND MOST POWERFUL FORCES OF ENERGY ON THE PLANET. ALTHOUGH LOOPED RECORDINGS OF THE NOISE ARE EFFECTIVE, PHYSICAL INSTANCES OF THE NOISE AVERAGE 1% MORE ENERGY THAN RECORDINGS: OVER HALF OF THE POPULATION OF YOUR COUNTRY ARE ASSIGNED TO THE SAME TASK: BEAT THE HORSES, HARVEST THE NOISE, AND THEN TURN THEM INTO GLUE. YOUR PARENTS DID THIS, AND SO DO YOU.