The Dominion of Pinzhao, commonly referred to as Dominia, is a country native to the baseplate island, mainly inhabiting the frigid mountains and humid lowlands of its borders. Their society is mainly militaristic, as one's proof of glory can be found in a career at the military. Their racial appearances are mainly homogenous, with their inhabitants, Dummies taking up a large majority of the population. Appearance-wise, the Dummies appear to have pale grey skin with dark facial features.
Defense Forces
The Dominians, despite having an entire continent’s worth of oceans, do not have a powerful navy. The dummies possess various technologies that are uniquely Dominian, such as the ammo fabricators, the weapon printers and the automated PDC turrets. Despite their technological edge, they still fall relatively behind the Noobs when it comes to things such as artificial intelligence, tactics, space infrastructure and general military-ready population. Their population is quite lackluster and small as compared to the Noobs, who possess mere billions at their disposal. As a result, Dominian infantry tactics revolve around maximizing survivability of their soldiers on the ground.
In the 1980s, many of the militaries of Roblox had abandoned canned foods in favor of flameless ration heaters and retort pouches. However, nothing was much said about what the Dominian military ration has and its menu items other than they did not use flameless ration heaters due to their homes being in cold weather environments. Unlike other modern military rations, the Dominian military rations comes with a fueled folding stove along with matches to start it in terms of how they cook the food; this is likely used because it created an open fire that could warm the soldier up during wartime, This technique of cooking the ration became very effective mostly in cold climates; it is however dangerous to use in dense vegetation climates like jungles and forests where the heated stove would create an open fire that could have the risk of creating bushfires.
Politics
The political system follows the emperor, and furthermore the Pinzhao family bloodline. Despite being A monarchy and family-politics driven, the emperor (and his/her advisors) select competent members into various branches of government, often by hand. The emperor is kept in check by the High Council, of which members of the council are elected by the population. If an emperor/empress abuses his/her power, and is deemed so by the High Council, they are disposed of. The High Council also treats disposed persons as "mysteriously vanished" people.
The High Council elects a prime minister to run the civil duties of the country, and are furthermore responsible for duties such as infrastructure, education, healthcare and trade. The emperor on the other hand (and his/her advisors), are responsible for defense and foreign policy.
The royal family has traditionally maintained its status and members as an absolute secret; no one knows who the emperor is, let alone the emperor's gender identity. As a result, it is the duty of the prime minister to uphold the nation and act as the head-of-state, while the royal family maintains some power. Generally, the royal family acts as a figurehead post-reform.
Society
In Dominian society, familial cohesion and anti-individualism have been prevalent since the start of the industrial revolution. In their societies, if one were to divorce their spouse or abandon their child, one will be considered on par with Robloxian traffickers and thieves (i.e. treated as if they were one), unless in special cases such as crime or adultery. Despite anti-familial cohesion laws being repealed in the reforms of Duodo Pin Zhao, the effects of those laws still ripple effect into present day. If one is to believe in their individualistic freedoms and non-reliance on society, they are most likely to be outcast by their friends and family.
Gender roles are practically non-existent in Dominian society, as both females and males had to work together in the paddy farms of the lowlands during the feudal era. This sense of shared brotherhood/sisterhood would then spill over into the post-industrial society of the Dummies. In the average households, one can expect to see housewives as common as house husbands.
Trivia
- There is a statue dedicated to Emperor Duodo Pin Zhao in a mansion.
- The conversion rate of the Dominian Zhao is 18 Zhaos to 1 USR.
- The ideology of the country is extremist collectivism.