Dragon Country
Global Dungeons: Giving the World a Little Taste of the P5's Might
- Original Name:
- 龙国 (lóng guó)
- Gender:
- Neutral
- Kind:
- Place
- Scope:
- Novel-specific
- Status:
- Active
- Source:
- AI
- Occurrences:
- 2,220
- Chapters:
- 237
- Context Up To:
- Ch. 641
- Wiki Model:
- GPT-6.1 Terra
- Updated:
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Dragon Country (龙国) |
| Type | Country and faction in Earth Online |
| Creator | Lin Ye 58 |
| Role | Third-party faction in Raging Waves and Winter Is Coming; enemy faction in The Great Wall Watch 207 |
| Population | 1.4 billion, comprising 56 ethnic groups 207 |
| Area | 9.6 million square kilometers 207 |
| First Appearance | Raging Waves, by Chapter 57 57 108 |
Geography and population
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Mainland coastline | More than 18,000 kilometers along the east and south 207 |
| Maritime area | Approximately 4.73 million square kilometers, containing more than 7,600 islands 207 |
| Administrative divisions | 23 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities and two special administrative regions 207 |
| Notable locations | The Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Tibet, Xijiang and Qiong Island 187 211 238 358 |
Dragon Country’s terrain ranges from northern snowfields, grasslands and forests to western deserts, eastern plains and southern waterways. The Himalayas rise along its southwest, while the Great Wall stretches across its northern reaches 187 208.
The Forbidden City serves as Dragon Country’s nerve center. Its Hall of Supreme Harmony later houses the Earth Alliance command center 358 379.
Design and history
Lin Ye created Dragon Country as a faction on Earth Online. After its forces destroyed an invading Challenger force in Raging Waves, the Firmament confirmed that the faction had passed its plausibility review 57 58.
For The Great Wall Watch, Lin Ye supplied Creation Space with thousands of years of Dragon Country’s historical development. The Firmament described the faction as having 8,000 years of history and presented that history to the Challengers as information relevant to the Instance 187 208.
Dragon Country is designed as peaceful before hostilities, but its military response to aggression can extend far beyond its borders. In The Great Wall Watch, the Firmament states that surrender is unavailable once war begins 209 246.
Military
Organization
| Branch | Organization in The Great Wall Watch |
|---|---|
| Theater commands | Eastern, Southern, Western, Northern and Central 211 |
| Army | 13 group armies, supported by combined-arms brigades 192 211 |
| Air Force | Eight military regions 211 |
| Navy | Canghai, Nanming and North Sea fleets 211 |
Dragon Country’s combined-arms brigades coordinate armor, artillery, air defense and electronic warfare. Their communications and navigation systems allow them to share information rapidly and disrupt enemy systems 192 250.
Forces and equipment
- Ground forces: ZTZ-99 tanks, ZBD-05 fighting vehicles, rocket artillery, self-propelled howitzers and air-defense systems were deployed in large numbers during the Instance’s design 192.
- Navy: Lin Ye assigned 24 aircraft carriers, 10 amphibious assault ships, hundreds of destroyers and frigates, and thousands of reconnaissance vessels and nuclear submarines 193.
- Air Force: Its design included tens of thousands of J-20 and J-31 fighters, 10,000 H-20 bombers and numerous drones 193.
- Missiles: Dragon Country uses Dongfeng missiles for long-range strikes. It also deployed anti-ballistic defenses that intercepted Singh’s Big Ivan above Cam Ranh Bay 109 279 328.
- Surveillance: Type 815A electronic reconnaissance ships intercept communications and gather fleet intelligence. The Beidou satellite network can monitor Earth Online and locate Challenger forces 218 256 296 311.
- Space-based weapons: Satellites and space stations can launch kinetic projectiles at locations outside Dragon Country 296.
Major projects
| Project | Known forces or role |
|---|---|
| Nantianmen Project | Aerospace forces including Luan Bird platforms, Chengying mechas, and Baidi and Xuannü fighters 341 345 371 |
| Classic of Mountains and Seas Project | Land-warfare forces including mechanism beasts, Azure Dragon mechas and White Tiger exoskeleton troops 387 |
| Penglai Project | Includes the Penglai South Sea Fleet 388 |
| Houyi Project | One of Dragon Country’s four major projects, mobilized against the Zerg 365 388 |
Instance mechanics
Missions and rules
In one opening of The Great Wall Watch, Challengers had two mission paths: destroy one specified Army, Air Force or Navy formation, or occupy one of Dragon Country’s 34 regions and force its cession to Stick Country 211.
Before entering battle, Challengers could leave safely by giving Dragon Country all but one of their points. Once war began, surrender was unavailable 209. In the third opening, the Challengers’ stated objective changed to occupying the capital and taking control of the country 294.
Notable buffs
| Buff | Trigger or effect |
|---|---|
| Guest of 1962 | An India Country spawn increases production efficiency by 30%, army barracks by 50% and army marching speed by 50% 237. |
| Alpine Garland | A Macaque Country spawn increases seaports and naval movement speed by 50% each 237. |
| Punish Them No Matter How Far | Increases all troop movement speed by 50% and commits Dragon Country to destroying the declaring nation’s military forces 246. |
| Self-Defense Counterattack | Establishes a nuclear self-defense policy, with exceptions including invasion of Dragon Country’s territory and destruction of major infrastructure 246. |
| Every Inch of Territory Cost in Blood | After severe invasion damage and losses to a brigade-level or larger force, increases army numbers by 300%, marching and replenishment speed by 100%, and people’s vitality by 1,000% 273. |
| Everyone Is a Soldier | Expands the military to 1.4 billion soldiers and replenishes it to maximum at midnight unless every soldier is killed 295. |
| Fear of Insufficient Firepower | Grants unlimited ammunition during war and increases long-range saturation-strike power and ammunition range by 200% 295. |
| Dragon Country Manufacturing | Cuts other countries’ trade with Dragon Country to zero and reduces their international trade, supplies and social stability 295. |
| Nuclear Deterrence | Enables nuclear retaliation; under its specified conditions, Dragon Country can empty its arsenal and end the Instance by destroying Earth Online 295. |
| People’s Hero | Gives the super soldier War Wolf a high chance of appearing; his attributes are three times those of a Dragon Country soldier 295. |
Additional buffs respond to Challenger faction choices: Memory of Modern History strengthens Every Inch of Territory Cost in Blood, while Resist America, Aid Korea, War of Resistance Against Japan and Bloodbath in the Golden Triangle grant combat bonuses against specified factions 295.
Story role
Early appearances
In Raging Waves, Minamoto no Yorimitsu and Doctor Yasui landed in Dragon Country with their forces. The local army surrounded them, and their Shogunate and bacterial troops were wiped out 57 58.
In Winter Is Coming, Kim Geun-seok crossed the 38th Parallel into North Stick Country, a Dragon Country vassal. The Firmament treated the crossing as aggression, and Dragon Country bombarded his legion with Dongfeng-41 missiles 109. Later, Park Seong-man tried to draw Bear Country aircraft into Dragon Country’s airspace, but the pursuing aircraft stopped at the border 145.
The Great Wall Watch
Dragon Country became the enemy faction in The Great Wall Watch. Lee Jae-yong planned a surprise attack on its North Sea Fleet, but Dragon Country detected the plan through the Challengers’ communications. The Firmament ruled its preemptive strike justified self-defense, and missiles sank the aircraft carrier Li 207 217 218.
In a later battle, India Country declared war while Katerina prepared an attack on Qiong Island. Dragon Country defeated the Indian Challenger forces and ambushed Katerina’s carrier aircraft near the island. After the remaining Indian Challengers were wiped out, Singh launched Big Ivan; Dragon Country intercepted it, and the blast killed him 246 261 276 279.
During the third opening, Dragon Country entered all-out war with its buffs active. It destroyed Stick Country’s Challenger forces and triggered Dragon Country’s Revenge, a special event that called for 10,000 Dongfeng-41 missiles to strike Eastern Ocean Island 294 295 301.
Dragon Country pursued Malaysian forces into Bear Country and launched a major offensive against Bear Country’s cities. After a Bear Country missile attack inflicted heavy losses, Dragon Country retaliated with 200,000 Dongfeng-41 missiles against its fleets 311 320 322 328. When Eagle Sauce Country launched 4,000 nuclear missiles at Dragon Country, the Nantianmen Aerospace Fleet intercepted them over the Pacific; Luan Bird battleships subsequently appeared above Washington 345.
Later operations
The Firmament later made Dragon Country the Challengers’ spawn point and placed Lin Ye in command. Lin Ye then entrusted its navy to Ding Chang for a final naval battle against Eastern Ocean Island 358 361.
During the Zerg invasion, the Forbidden City became the Earth Alliance command center. Dragon Country’s Classic of Mountains and Seas forces destroyed a Zerg force in Kazakhstan Country, after which its four major projects mobilized toward Africa 379 387 388.