The ban needs to be enacted legislatively after market creation.
What counts:
- ban on distilled spirits only 
- ban for people born after a given date (simmilar to NZ tobacco ban) 
- extremely restrictive personal quotas (<20% average consumption prior to enactment) 
What does not:
- increasing drinking age 
- restricting sales to a small number of outlets 
- supreme court decision finding the sale of alcohol unconstitutional 
- anything a country with a theologically driven legislature does 
- an attempted ban that gets legally overturned before coming into effect 
All timeframes:
/CodeandSolder/will-any-country-at-least-partially-5fcd89487eee 
/CodeandSolder/will-any-country-at-least-partially 
/CodeandSolder/will-any-country-at-least-partially-db5c43829921 
/CodeandSolder/will-any-country-at-least-partially-b2acab53e843 
/CodeandSolder/will-any-country-at-least-partially-f942c2f9a355 
/CodeandSolder/will-any-country-at-least-partially-d31c8d2e6e56 
See also:
/CodeandSolder/will-any-country-legalize-recreatio 
/CodeandSolder/will-any-country-legalize-recreatio-1a525266f522
(and other timeframes)
@CodeandSolder Ah, ok, I think I understand your intent now.
What about if a Muslim-majority country that doesn't currently ban alcohol imposes an alcohol ban, doesn't say it's for religious reasons, but everybody thinks it was largely for religious reasons? Is it a case of "market creator's judgement" or "official wording of the ban"?
@Fion my intent is somewhere around "the legality of alcohol is clearly inconsistent with policy patterns and while it seems commonly accepted changing it is a bad idea the events around tobacco show legislatures to be more courageous than expected"
Market creator's judgement, with a significant majority unlikely to count.