The Terrifying Presence of Livaotheion is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Alexis Wilson with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, public floggings, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.176 billion Livaotheionians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of national aurora. The average income tax rate is 66.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Livaotheionian economy, worth 590 trillion Freights a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 141,302 Freights, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The construction of massive skyscrapers seems to be the result of Livaotheion's mid-life crisis, livestock mutilations are on the rise, pop stars who make it big overseas are hailed as economic heroes, and exiles see that the line where the sky meets the sea is just clouds and rain. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Livaotheion's national animal is the T65 power armor, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is BT 7274.

Livaotheion is ranked 290,332^nd in the world and 865^th in Europe for Most Cultured, scoring 53 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.