The Empire of Drykonia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by The Surpreme Vrykron with an iron fist, and notable for its avant-garde cinema, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.869 billion Drykonians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Drakon Complex. The average income tax rate is 57.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Drykonian economy, worth 127 trillion Zaköns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 68,406 Zaköns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Colonists who were promised new lands find only war-torn devastation, dangerous criminals are often 'accidentally' sent on one-way trips to Maxtopia, children as young as eight can present logical proofs for the existence of the afterlife, and orphanages are closing their doors as the government forces parents to actually raise their children. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Drykonia's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Drykonia is ranked 76,189^th in the world and 867^th in the Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 18.44 flags saluted per person per day.