Dragun-topia
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| Flag of Dragun-topia | |
| Motto: "Breathe deep, seek peace" | |
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| Region | Paradiso of Inferno |
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| Capital | Ser'entia |
| Official Language(s) | English |
| Leader | Supreme Chancellor-Caliph Dragun |
| Population | 983 million |
| Currency | AOL Promotion CD-ROM |
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The Holy Empire of Dragun-topia
UN Delegate
UN Category: Father Knows Best State
Regional Influence: Superpower
Civil Rights: Average | Economy: Reasonable | Political Freedoms: Few
The Skybax Tribunal of Dragun-topia is a huge, devout nation, remarkable for its devotion to social welfare. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 983 million are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although Defence and Religion & Spirituality are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 97%. A small private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.
Urban citizens are forced onto public transport while rural citizens ride horses and buggies, the police force is on a recruitment drive, the public health bureaucracy is wrapped in miles of red tape, and referenda can be called for any law at the request of at least one third of the voting population. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate. Dragun-topia's national animal is the Flaming Liberal, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the AOL promotion CD-ROM.
Dragun-topia is ranked 2nd in the region and 18,886th in the world for Most Cultured.
Paradiso of Inferno
Dragun-topia lies within the fiery borders of the Paradiso of Inferno. This region was founded by the Armed Republic of HellFire15 in late June of 2006. HellFire15, a UN member, became the first Delegate of Paradiso of Inferno. This nation has the highest population of all the nations in the region (15 so far). A list of nations in Paradiso (arranged in descending order by poopulation):
- The Opressed Peoples of Darth Slater
- The Armed Republic of HellFire15 (UN Delegate and Regional Founder)
- The Borderlands of Hate15
- The Kingdom of Shaydedland
- The Rogue Nation of Kothuania
- The Holy Empire of Dragun-topia
- The Free Land of Communist Dangle
- The Disputed Territories of Purgatorioso
- The Armed Republic of QRF
- The Emirate of The Order of Light ish
- The Republic of Suminski
- The Republic of Amer Adawiya
- The Armed Republic of Jahzir
- The Most Serene Republic of Helen Rose
- The Republic of Andrew Keomany
The Great Delegation Heist
One fateful Friday night, Dragun-topia seized control of the UN Delegacy from HellFire15. Unfortunately, when Saturday morning came and Dragun-topia officially became Delegate, HellFire15 woke up early and barred UN Delegate access to Regional Control. When Dragun-topia woke up, all he could do was vote on the current UN resolution with his five endorsements. He could not change the World Factbook Entry to something witty and clever for a day. Soon later HellFire15 had lobbied back his Delegate Status and the fun was over.
Since that milestone day, HellFire15 has held Delegate Status. This incident marked the only time the Delegateship has been moved. It was also probably the most interesting thing that has ever happened in this region.
Knowledge of Territory and the Ages
The First Age
Dragun-topia is in friendly alliance with HellFire15 (most of the time) and Hate15 (incidentally both ruled by the same person), Purgatorioso, Shaydedland, Darth Slater, Kothuania, Communist Dangle, and the Order of Light ish (who probably chooses to remain silent about his identity). The First Age saw these nations join the Paradiso of Inferno from their respective staring points in the Pacific, the North Pacific, the South Pacific, etc. The Great Delegation Heist happened within the First Age.
The Second Age
The Second Age heralded the coming of new nations which Dragun-topia and his First Age allies were not acquainted with. (Or possibly, some if the nations are controlled by his allies and he has no idea which ones). The first of these mystery nations was QRF. Later, three new nations (Amer Adawiya, Suminski, Jahzir) joined at the same time. Very recently, Helen Rose and Andrew Keomany joined the region. During various times throughout this Age, Kothuania's subnations from other regions dropped in and out just to lodge messages in the regional forum. These messages ranged from somewhat silly to obscenely dumb, and it is for that reason that everyone posted a bunch of stuff right after one of these messages to make it disappear of the screen quicker.
The Second Age is currently still keepin' on, until something interesting happens and we can move to the Third Age.
The Third Age
(update...)
The Third Age is now upon us. We are but five, but we are strong. Breathe deep, seek peace.
- The Floating Air-Awesomeness of Kothuania
- The Skybax Tribunal of Dragun-topia (UN Delegate)
- The People's Republic of Andrew Keomany
- The Republic of Il gufo
- The Zombie Infested Ruins of QRF
Dragun-topia: Name and Origin
The founder of Dragun-topia chose its name from his favorite nickname, Agun. And because Dragons are super-awesome to the max, that name evolved into Dragun. An ideal Utopia with Dragun as its Supreme Chancellor-Caliph would, of course, be called Dragun-topia.
Dragun-topia was founded upon the principle that a country can survive even though it started as a corrupt dictatorship with a weak economy and next-to-no population (okay, everyone starts out with next-to-no population). Since its beginnings Dragun-topia has blossomed into a nation with a very strong economy and lots and lots of peoples. Regrettably, Dragun-topia is going through a slump as of now. Hopefully it picks itself up and starts winning trophies.
Aerial Eye: Dragun-topia's Topography
The Land of the Dragun enjoys a scenic landscape. It is a somewhat square, somewhat circular country (picture under construction) with 21 main cities scattered throughout the land, though most of those are located on the southeastern and eastern shores. Its capital city, Ser'entia, has a current population of 133 million. The suburbs of this giant city house the richest of citizens (most beachfront property on the east coast is worthless because of the constant earthquakes and landslides).
Much of the southern coast (except for the eastmost section) is dominated by ice and glaciers. Temporary cities are regularly built on ice floes when oil is struck; however, these "shifting cities" usually are vacated after a few years because the shifting of the glaciers ultimately destroys them.
The Middle-North is made up of an enormous forest, in which fly Dragons of many different types. The most famous of these is the Black Dragon of Chaos. These Dragons usually migrate to Shaydedland and are only visible in Dragun-topia for a short time. The second most common Dragon is the fondly-named Flaming Liberal. Hunters of these Dragons christened them as such because the hunters were Conservatives who lobbied for gun rights, which the Liberals attacked. Cities in this forest are heavily guarded, with walls and fortresses. Dragons are a precious commodity--skin, meat, claws; all are used extensively in Dragun-topia's economy--but they are also deadly enemies. More info on Dragons can be found below in the section titled "Dragons" (wow).
North Dragun-topia is a humid, cactus-filled desert. Despite the overwhelming heat, thousands of species of animals have been able to survive due to the water. After the most recent boom in air-conditioning technology, many cities and a few mega-cities have popped up in the desert.
Icy Island is the largest island off the south-south-eastern coast. Most of the nation's worst criminal offenders are sent to the Borderlands of Hate15, where they are ruthlessly beaten into shape. But some of the "mid-felons" are sent to Icy Island. It is split in half: half the island houses the criminals, and the other half is a vacation spot, with hotels, beaches, and incidentally, the only legal gambling in the country. No one actually lives in this resort area because everyone is too afraid of the criminals to stay there for very long.
National Symbols
- Flag:
- Animal: Flaming Liberal (see "Dragons")
- Fish: Scytheblade Schwibb
- Bird: Ser'entia Harrier
- Music: Progressive Scandinavian Rock (see "Culture")
- Dance: see above
- Measurement System: Dragun (see "Measuring System")
- Currency: AOL Promotion CD-ROM
Measuring System
In Dragun-topia, hunters have been using the Dragon as a national symbol as well as a foundation for measurement for ages. (All two of them.) For instance, a Klaw equals 5.6 inches, as this is an average Dragon's claw length. Factors are all of the number 4.
- Scalo = 1.4 in. (four make a Klaw)
- Klaw = 5.6 in. (four Scalos)
- Horn = 22.4 (four Klaws)
- Taile = 89.6 (Four Horns)
Dragons
Dragons are sentient creatures that live mainly in the forests of Dragun-topia. Paradiso of Inferno's tendency for parts of the region to spontaneously catch fire appeals greatly to most Dragons (the only exception being Crystal Dragons).
Dragun-topia is home to a diverse group of species...
- Black Dragon of Chaos: These Dragons migrate to and from the Kingdom of Shaydedland. They are the most famous in Dragun-topia because for a few days of the year they fill the sky and block the sun. During days like these, most citizens stay indoors. No one to date has ever slain a Black Dragon of Chaos and survived.
- Bottlenosed Dragon (a.k.a. Flaming Liberal): The most popular Dragon for hunting. These Dragons have been classified (albeit by the government, a not-so-reputable source) as the least sentient of all the Dragon types in the country. Thus it has been hunted extensively. Conservatives, waving their newly-legal rifles around and firing at anything that moved, made fun of Liberals by naming the clumsy Bottlenosed Dragon "Flaming Liberal". Flaming Liberal meat is a delicacy, and its horns and claws are stronger than metal alloys and are used exclusively for reinforced walls and in jail cells.
- Ser'ent (a.k.a. Guardian Wyrm): These Dragons look like long snakes with very small wings which incredibly support them in flight. They are the most cunning of the various species. The name, fomerly "Serpent," had to be changed because "serpent" was a deadly and feared word in early Dragun-topia. During the Khamdinn Migration of prerecorded history, "Serpent" referred to the Black Dragon of Chaos, which took the migrating peoples by surprise and killed many of them. This is the reason that the capital city is called "Ser'entia," plural of Ser'ent." The Ser'entia, however, have no relation to the Chaos Dragons, and no one knows where they originated, though the other Dragons' ancestries have all been traced. The Ser'entia guard the most precious of Dragun-topia's assets: caves where alien artifacts are stored. The Guardian Wyrms are the only things preventing anyone from inspecting the artifacts, but no one has yet answered a Ser'ent's riddle and lived.
- Crystal Dragon: The southern glaciers are home to the Crystal Dragons and their crystals. Crystals are another enigma altogether; the Crystal Dragons cultivate their crystals to give them the power they need. These Dragons need the power of crystals because they lack the energy of the forests. Scientists cannot study the crystals that these Dragons grow, because the Crystal Dragons have the curious ability to draw destructive powers from their crystals. Some have even gone far enough to call these powers "magic," but the government has always been quick to suppress that notion.
- Gaevan Drone: These are colony Dragons. They are ruled by one, just as a colony of bees is ruled by the queen bee. Small game and birds are the Drones' nectar, and their nests are in the hollows inside the Gaevan Cliffs of the northeast coast, near Foxnose.
- Desert Ruby: Red, enormous Dragons that patrol the skies of the Northwest Deserts. These Dragons avoid the deadly sand whirlpools as much as any other desert creature would; however, they use the whirlpools as traps for their prey. Once the prey is sucked in and has been suffocated by the sand and dirt, it is spit into the air by the same underground forces that cause the whirlpools themselves. Ruby Dragons must be quick to snatch their hard-earned meal before it falls into the whirlpool again and is lost forever.
