The Terrifying Presence of Livaotheion is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Alexis Wilson with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.164 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 Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of national aurora. The average income tax rate is 65.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Livaotheionian economy, worth 585 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 140,724 Freights, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Bureaucrats close new businesses for not complying with the Penguin Packaging Index, "Darwin's Disease" is a growing cause of death, gamblers often find their stakes burnt, and the standardised national curriculum requires that all-male classes be taught why they have periods. 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 18,289^th in the world and 321^st in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 87.31 on the Human Development Index.