Utilitae — The Gilded South

Leader: Emperor Bitconus the Calculating
Government: Bureaucratic monarchy under scholar-priests
Population: ≈ 28 million
Religion: The Ledger of Light — balance as divine principle

Economy / Trade:

• Exports: gold, silver, marble, instruments of measure.

• Imports: food, lumber, foreign servants.

Military:
~250 000 soldiers; precise, rigid, and relentless.

Elite Sector: The Golden Mechanum — elite engineers commanding mechanical siege craft and automata of unknown origin.

Oracles:
The Equationists — philosophers who claim to predict divine will through geometry and measure; revered as prophets of logic.

Myths & Legends:
Stories persist of The First Miner, a mortal who discovered the world’s heartbeat beneath Mount Fiducia; some whisper that Bitconus himself is his reincarnation.

International Reputation:
Wealthy, rational, cold. Worships order and detests chance.

Organized Crime:
Hidden within bureaucracy; ledgers altered under candlelight for favors.

Anti-Crime:
The Balance Keepers — auditors empowered to erase entire bloodlines from the record if found “in deficit.”

Population Philosophy:
“Perfection is measurable; emotion is error.”

Foreign Policy:
Calculating neutrality; acts only when outcomes are certain.

Allies / Enemies / Neutral:
None close; polite rivalry with Purrinia; Complete disdain for Meme Land.

Intelligence:
The Golden Eyes — mathematicians who foresee other nations’ decisions through study of patterns and probability.