The Republic of Levi Elipha is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its closed borders, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 5.356 billion Levi Eliphans 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 large, moralistic government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Welfare, and Education are also considered important. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 49.1%.

The Levi Eliphan economy, worth 323 trillion yen a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 60,442 yen, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

In life full of care there is no time to stop and stare, foreign lack of enthusiasm for Levi Eliphan nose-flute disco metal is seen as a reasonable casus belli, every new building project has to undergo a five-year environmental impact study before it can go ahead, and military advisors frequently remind San Vitenzan farmers that they have to pull the pin on a grenade before throwing it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Levi Elipha's national animal is the demon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Levi Elipha is ranked 183,286^th in the world and 1,207^th in Remembrance for Most Patriotic, with 9.21 flags saluted per person per day.