The House of Dryland is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Lady Lucifera Dryland with a fair hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and ubiquitous missile silos. The democratic, devout population of 1.648 billion Drylands love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hellgate Hall. The average income tax rate is 37.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Dryland economy, worth 72.4 trillion golden dragons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Tourism, and Information Technology. Average income is 43,911 golden dragons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation refuses to discard its increasingly useless penny, families make most of their annual income from government benefits, laser-wielding robots are taking aim at human hearts, and wood-framed catapults are ready to launch diseased corpses into besieged cities. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Dryland's national animal is the spider and its national religion is Faith of the Seven.

Dryland is ranked 86,258^th in the world and 43^rd in Westeros for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,555.03 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.