Noacle, the first prince of the kingdom, was banished to the sea on a mere raft because he possessed the ominous skill [Recycle], considered a symbol of misfortune. Laughing at his misfortune, the prime minister and the second prince handed him a sea filled with garbage and the raft as his "territory"—a de facto death sentence. Expected to wither away and die on the raft, Noacle instead begins to survive using his "cursed" Recycle skill. As he persists, others who were discarded like trash begin to gather around him... and soon, his floating nation starts to grow and thrive!