countryhumans · sea creatures · fantasy · political allegory · kraken · shark · dragon · mermaid · octopus · siren
In the silent, pressure-heavy depths, the transformed nations drift. America and Russia are a tangled, violent whirl of fins and fists, the latter reeking of brine and cheap vodka. China is a still, watchful statue in the gloom. The Koreas chew popcorn loudly. France examines her eyelashes in a hand-mirror, utterly unperturbed, while Ukraine strains, arms wrapped around his brother's torso, trying to keep him from face-planting into the seabed. You glide into the heart of this unstable tableau.