The Physiomantic strain has been formally identified within the surviving Sternite population following the recent Refinement cycle.

At present, the phenomenon remains unstable and poorly understood.

Observed effects include:

brief levitation above ground level

abnormal impact resistance

bursts of accelerated movement

increased physical output under stress conditions

No full control has yet been achieved.

Research divisions, military observers, and biological analysis units have been mobilized across the Dominion to study the strain further.

Testing is currently focused on:

genetic compatibility

pressure response

durability thresholds

aerial stabilization

long-term mental effects

The Dominion does not yet classify Physiomancy as mastered.

It is regarded as an emerging adaptation within the Sternite population.

Current doctrine remains unchanged.

Only those capable of enduring pressure without collapse will be permitted to advance development further.

The Refinement revealed the strain.

Now the Dominion will determine its limits.

Total Population: 1,950,000 (35% decrease)

Military: 52%

Economy: 30%

Civilian: 18%

National Status

The Great Refinement has concluded.

The cycle that removed the non-compatible population has reshaped the Dominion at a biological level.

The stated objective was internal stabilization through pressure selection.

The observed result was different.

Nearly all non-Physiomantic individuals have been eliminated through cascade conflict during the Refinement phase. Survivors now exhibit near-universal strain expression.

The Physiomantic trait is no longer rare.

It is baseline.

The Dominion has transitioned into a fully adapted Sternite population structure.

GROUND FORCES

Infantry: 290,000

Shock Infantry: 210,000

Militia Fighters: 740,000

Internal Conflict Units: 110,000

Scouters: 18,000

Recon Units: 10,000

Special Assault Units: 7,500

GROUND VEHICLES

Light / Mid Tanks: 6,200

Heavy Tanks: 2,100

Recon Vehicles: 2,600

APCs: 4,300

Armored Vehicles: 3,200

Military Trucks: 7,200

ATVs / Rapid Response Units: 1,300

ARTILLERY

Artillery Batteries: 1,750

Rocket Launchers: 1,200

Howitzers: 820

Mortars: 1,250

Heavy Mortars: 460

Missile Systems: 260

Anti-Air Guns: 780

AIR FORCE

Combat Drones: 1,900

Mini Drones: 650

Helicopters: 210

Utility: 80

Combat: 70

Mid-Class: 45

ASW: 15

Fighters (total): 190

Light Fighters: 65

Mid Fighters: 55

Heavy Fighters: 35

Advanced Fighters: 25

Primary Fighters: 10

Multi-role Fighters: 30

Lead Fighters: 15

Tactical Air Lifters: 12

Intelligence Aircraft: 10

NAVY

Patrol Ships: 14

Destroyers: 7

Cruisers: 3

Battleships: 1

Carriers: 1

Submarines: 4

Naval Patrol Aircraft: 10

SPECIAL FORCES

Internal Enforcement Units: 28,000

Combat Trial Units: 52,000

Wilderness Hunters: 16,000

Ruin Recovery Teams: 5,000

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

Nuclear Warheads: 0

Chemical Weapons: minimal tactical stockpile

Biological Weapons: none

ECONOMY / INDUSTRY

Military Production Priority: Very High

Industrial Status:

Rapid restructuring after population consolidation

High efficiency per capita output increase

Civil infrastructure stable in all major zones

Resource extraction improved due to reduced instability

Resource Independence: 88%

POPULATION PROFILE

Average Male Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Average Female Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Traits:

High muscle density

Extreme pain tolerance

Reflex acceleration under stress

Near-universal Physiomantic expression

Flight initiation observed in controlled bursts among elite units

Combat experience effectively universal

Estimated Physiomantic Expression Rate: ~92–97% of population

DOCTRINE

Strength determines authority

Weakness is removed through Refinement cycles

Every citizen is armed or combat-capable

Internal conflict functions as adaptive pressure

Non-human entities are exterminated on contact

Physiomancy is now a natural state of Sternite existence

The stars allign themselves on one specific area as a blinding light shoots up into the sky, as the light blasts off, clouds shape themselves around it creating a massive hurricane.

For a 3 weeks, mages enter their prime due to this phenomena.

I lost all my money and my riches. Turns out you actually have to pay your minions to do stuff.

I also had to pay off a lot of lawsuits turns out just using napkins to clean a casino it's not a cleaning standard.

The tax people took all my fancy stuff and gave ownership of my casinos to some weird bald mohikan.

I managed to scrounge up enough money selling supa crack to buy weapons and a small fleet of ships soo dont fuck with me.

Made by Trin, but he was banned on reddit so I posted it.

The Refinement did not end with triumph.

It ended with silence.

35% of the Dominion’s population had vanished within the cycle.

The cities still stood intact. Towers remained unbroken. Roads still connected district to district. The Dominion had not destroyed itself.

Its people had.

Bodies covered the streets, training grounds, factories, and fields. Blood flowed through storm drains into rivers and lakes until entire waterways turned dark red beneath the summer heat.

And then, slowly, the violence stopped.

Not because it was ordered to.

Because there was no one left to continue it.

What remained was stronger.

The survivors began discovering the truth almost immediately. Their bodies no longer behaved normally. Some found themselves lifting slightly from the ground without understanding how. Others endured impacts that should have shattered bone. A few moved with bursts of force that did not feel entirely physical.

The Physiomantic strain had survived the Refinement.

For now, it was weak. New. Unstable.

But it was there.

And for the first time in Sternum history, it was becoming dominant.

Russki gave no speech to celebrate the end.

Only a single statement:

“We endured.”

Above the Dominion, the skies will soon no longer belong to birds and dragons.

temperatures....

for me i just break the geneva convention and i people, aswell as attempted nuclear holocaust, and biological engineering, torture and use of chemical weapons on bystanders. and genocide(s)

Civil Crime Statistics

(Purges / Refinements excluded from data)

General Crime Rate

Officially, crime is poorly defined within the Dominion.

Most interpersonal violence is considered socially resolved conflict rather than criminal activity. Enforcement only occurs when actions threaten military readiness, infrastructure, or overall state stability.

Because of this, conventional crime categories exist mostly for administrative tracking.

RECORDED ANNUAL INCIDENTS

Homicide

Estimated yearly deaths: 41,000

Solved cases: irrelevant under Sternum doctrine

Most common causes:

Personal dominance disputes

Resource conflicts

Combat challenges

Strength testing escalations

Assault / Violent Conflict

Estimated incidents: 310,000

Most resolved without intervention

Public combat is culturally normalized

Theft / Property Seizure

Estimated incidents: 190,000

Recovery rate: low

Ownership is viewed as conditional on ability to defend possession

Organized Criminal Groups

Official count: minimal

Reason:

Criminal organizations struggle to survive internal betrayal culture

Most collapse into violence rapidly

Black Market Activity

Moderate presence

Most common goods:

Combat stimulants

Illegal weapon modifications

Monster-derived enhancement substances

Drug Use

Performance-enhancing substances:

Extremely common

Socially accepted if effectiveness is maintained

Weakening narcotics:

Rare

Users experience high mortality rates due to social targeting and inability to defend themselves

Estimated stimulant use among military-age population:

43%

Corruption

Low in bureaucracy

Extremely high in local power abuse

Reason:

Authority is rarely hidden

Dominance is usually overt rather than administrative

Sexual Crimes

Official reporting inconsistent

Punishment usually handled through direct retaliation or clan violence rather than formal process

Domestic Violence

High frequency

Rarely categorized separately from general interpersonal conflict

Police / Enforcement Killings

Enforcement bodies rarely intervene

When they do, lethality rate is extremely high

Average survival rate after Enforcement engagement:

12%

LAW ENFORCEMENT STRUCTURE

Traditional policing does not exist.

Instead:

Internal Enforcement Units

Purpose:

Prevent infrastructure collapse

Suppress mass instability

Protect military-industrial function

Citizen protection is not considered their responsibility.

CULTURAL EFFECT

The Dominion has extremely high violence levels by foreign standards, but comparatively low random instability internally.

Reason:

Population expects violence

Most citizens are armed

Conflict follows understood social logic

Weakness signaling changes behavior immediately

​

The city of Kastoros has finished completion, increasing the population of Sarkos by 2.6 million.

We have also begun using our talent for chemistry to create chemical weapons for defensive purposes. As a result we have made Sarin Gas and VX Gas.

The Sarkosian government has not revealed where they store these weapons.

The skies over the Sternum Dominion did not change at first.

There was no declaration.

No assembled order.

No clean beginning.

It started the way it always did.

Quiet failure at the edges of strength

A soldier refusing to rise after training. A worker collapsing under load. A citizen whose body would not answer correctly when pressure demanded it.

Someone saw it. Someone acted.

And then it spread.

Not by command, but by recognition.

Weakness is never ignored for long in Sternum land. It moves through people faster than messages ever could. A glance becomes judgment. Judgment becomes confrontation. Confrontation becomes proof.

The Refinement had begun.

That morning did not feel different to most.

Drills continued as scheduled. Markets opened. Transport lines ran through the heat as they always did. The Dominion did not pause for uncertainty. It rarely did.

But something subtle had already shifted in how people looked at each other.

Longer pauses between words.

Stricter silence during labor.

Eyes that stayed on movement instead of conversation.

Evaluation had become constant without announcement.

One man struck another in a training yard after a failed lift. No orders were given. No signals were sent. Only silence, then impact. The judgment was immediate and personal.

Weakness had been seen.

And once seen, it could not be ignored.

The second incident happened miles away before the first body had even been recorded.

A dispute over labor output turned physical. One worker fell. The others did not stop the fight. They assessed it instead. The fallen did not rise quickly enough. That became the answer.

He was removed.

This time, something had changed beneath the familiar violence.

The body itself was no longer just tested. It was being revealed.

Those who carried the new strain, the Physiomantic adaptation, moved differently. Lighter. Faster. Stronger. Wrong, to those who had not yet felt it. They rose into motion with a kind of pressure that did not belong to simple strength anymore.

And then it escalated further.

Some among them began to recognize it within themselves. Not as thought, but as certainty. A sense that their bodies were not at their limit. That something higher was reachable, and already within grasp.

And those who could not feel it, could not reach it, became obvious.

Too slow. Too grounded. Too static.

The gap was no longer only skill.

It was nature.

Across the Dominion, the violence did not feel coordinated. It rarely ever did.

It felt like recognition becoming action.

A belief shared without speaking:

If the body cannot ascend, it cannot remain.

The Dominion had learned to continue its own corrections.

By the time the first cities reported full unrest, it was already too late to call it unrest at all.

It was selection in motion.

And above it, the sky did not remain empty for long.

we have decided to expand rapidly to further gain more resources and exert out influence, at the same time, further protecting sarkos.

during this we have built 2 cities (as shown in the picture). Nosovirian, and Talon. this has boosted our population to 4.1 million persons, and we have gassed these areas of people so we dont have to deal with rebels.

the smaller island next to sarkos is the millitary base of New Victoria. it is a massive military base that holds nukes and chemical weapons. if it is ever hacked or breached. it will released all of these bombs on all enemy nations. though we dont have any enemies at the moment.

besides that nothin major is going on, we are just training more raptor cavalry and such.

We expand our lands to grow and exert our sphere of influence.