The Long Slumber of Elder Dragons is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 1.014 billion Elder Dragonsians 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, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 28.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Elder Dragonsian economy, worth 13.5 trillion gold pieces a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 13,288 gold pieces, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elder Dragons's national animal is the tiger.

Elder Dragons is ranked 186,666^th in the world and 13^th in Dragon for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 48.99 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.