[b]Full Name of Nation: [/b]People of Free Seas
[b]Common Name: [/b]Oceania
[b]Government Type:[/b] Monarchy - Currently led by Empress Tageria
[b]Demonym: [/b]Oceans, Naga
[b]Language:[/b] Ocean
[b]Population:[/b] 250 000

[b]Technological Level: [/b]
Naga technology is covered by a haze of mystery, as they utilize uncommon materials mined from the seas. Their overall level is around the middle Iron age. As creatures of the ocean, the Naga are master shipbuilders - Their ships are powered by sails, equipped with a rudder and hydrodynamic hull, and their warships mount catapults on rotating platforms.

[b]Dominant Species:[/b]
[i]Naga:[/i] The naga are part human, part serpent. While their species is mostly land dwelling, the inhabitants of Oceania have flourished in aquatic environment, despite being able to live on land. As such, they resemble eels more than serpents, and very little is left of their humanity. The men are thickly built, with humanoid torsos merging into a serpent hind section. Their scales are large and thick, and their heads are reminiscent of dragons, showing little sign of their ancestry. The women are tall and slender, with fine scales covering their angular features, but they often have other deformities, such as additional pair of arms.

While the women do not possess the strength of the males, they have innate magic skills, most often manifesting in psychic abilities. On average, the Naga are one of the most intelligent races, however their caste based society makes their population growth rather small. As predators by nature, the Naga are fairly war loving. Their lifespan is in the two hundreds.

[b]Cultural Traits:[/b]
As the children of the deeps, the most stunning feature of Oceania is it’s architecture. Ocean buildings are part aquariums and fountains, serving to provide their inhabitants with their more natural habitat. They only occupy small, easily defensible pieces of land, and as such chose the island of Oceania at their surface dwelling. Their largest city is naturally a sea port called Prisma.

The Naga are a society where women and men are equals. Instead, they are fragmented into several castes (Aristocracy, Religious, Warriors, Spellbinders, Workers and Slaves), which affect their daily lives to a great extent, up to the point of their cities being built in height-tiered concentric circles. This makes the species a highly organized one, with clearly defined hierarchy and thus capable of great feats in any field despite their relatively low population.

What the land dwellers might find odd is the lack of clothing and armor, but the Naga have little need for either because of their scales.

Most of their work is also connected to the water. Their main source of food is fishing, and much of their income comes from trading by sea.

[b]History: [/b]
Very little is known about the history of the sea naga. It is assumed that a larger portion of their empire is actually on the bottom of the oceans all across the world. Those are, however, strict isolationist. The fraction that colonised the Oceania island is but a small part that no longer has ties to the main group.

The Naga came from the seas and took the former inhabitants by surprise. the war was short and brutal, with the Naga obliterating the former human city state and founding their own empire. After their base was established, they finally sought contact with other nations in the world.

[b]Military Type:[/b] Mixed professional and conscripted.  Understandably, Navy is the largest arm of their military forces, needed to defend their trade routes. Their technologically advanced fleet combined with the amphibian nature of the species makes them very hard to defeat on the sea. 

[b]Population in Military:[/b] 10%, 7 of which are conscripts on 5 year tour of service.