Egypt

The ancient Kingdom of Egypt rests, as it always did, on the shores of the Nile river in northern Africa. It is one of Earth's oldest cultures, and the most advanced, claiming to have discovered and harnessed the psychic abilities of human- and anthrokind before anyone else.

Egypt has never conquered or has been conquered by any outside force, but was peacefully annexed by the Roman Empire until its fall. Nowadays its government is for the most part content to be a passive observer on the global scene, mediating conflicts between nations and responding to humanitarian crises. Although outside its borders it adopts modern customs, it is still ruled by the pharaoh who is treated as per ancient custom, both King and God.

Egypt's power comes from its ancient tradition of psychic mastery. It has some of the world's most powerful psychics and anyone who wishes to attain the highest level of skill has to go there for training.

Egypt's lifestyle is a blend of the ancient and the futuristic. Psychic focusing spires dot the land, protected by statues of gods who forbid entry to trespassers with a forceful gesture. Buildings are covered in traditional artwork, but feature actual floating gardens, psychically-powered appliances and quantum computers. Use of psychic power is taught at school as a science under the watchful eyes of Horus-Re, Ptah, Thoth and Isis, depicted as statues, bass reliefs, paintings or even frescos. It is believed that the olden pharaohs still linger within their tombs and pyramids, immortal within sophisticated systems that deny time itself. Strange psychic phenomena appear sometimes, showing visitors glimpses of the realm as it was in a different timeline.

Egypt is a mystery, and likes to be that way.