Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Holy Empire of Somnus Draconis is a massive, genial nation, ruled by QAI with an even hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.559 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Defence, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atmos. The average income tax rate is 85%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

The nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, colleges adhere to rigid ethnic quotas for admissions, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage, and guns are banned. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Somnus Draconis's national animal is the Dragon of Dream, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Quantic Spiritualism, and its currency is the Fahlen.

Somnus Draconis is ranked 4,363rd in the South Pacific and 88,477th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -21 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and