The Republic of Origins Returned is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Great Dragon of Chaos with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, pith helmet sales, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 48.452 billion Origins Returnedians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The minute, liberal government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Education, with Healthcare and Defense also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Great Dragon City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Origins Returnedian economy, worth an astonishing 11,230 trillion gold pieces a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 231,796 gold pieces, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Lonely children write fanfiction about absent fathers, people talk about things being better when men were men, many suspect the government "doth protest too much" with their curiously specific denials of conspiracy theories, and ex-cons are paid to remain law-abidingly dull. Crime is moderate, probably because of the absence of a police force. Origins Returned's national animal is the dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Origins Returned is ranked 5,406^th in the world and 4^th in Dragon for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 543.75 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.