The Secluded Shore Shrine of Serpents is a titanic, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 22.922 billion Dragons are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 72.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Dragon economy, worth 358 trillion Pearls of Wisdom a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 15,605 Pearls of Wisdom, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Serpents's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Serpents is ranked 269,078^th in the world and 10^th in Taiwan for Highest Poor Incomes, with 14,829.55 Standard Monetary Units.