The Empire of New Levestarti is a huge, safe nation, notable for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 616 million New Levestartians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 20.9%.

The New Levestartian economy, worth 34.7 trillion krols a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,404 krols, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, children often explain to their parents that the Mega Ultimate Sword Fist was worth the thousand-krols charge on their phone bill, teenagers performing appendectomies on their friends has become a popular schoolyard prank, and graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. New Levestarti's national animal is the wombat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Levestarti is ranked 139,164^th in the world and 143^rd in Crimson Spire for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 694.11 on the Gilded Widget Scale.