The Kingdom of Lievenland is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 202 million Lievians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 74.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Lievenian economy, worth 7.83 trillion Gelds a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 38,748 Gelds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Visiting dignitaries make excuses to leave functions early and head to the nearest pub, people make a career out of medical voyeurism, the best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop, and pushy mums tell their kids to be doctors and engineers but steer them away from being penniless lawyers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lievenland's national animal is the Brown Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lievenland is ranked 21,062^nd in the world and 153^rd in Europeia for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 53.38 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.