The Confederacy of Lyvenburg is a large, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 96 million Lihvians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.9%.

The all-consuming Lyvenburgian economy, worth 8.33 trillion Vickets a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 86,759 Vickets, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 507,470 per year while the poor average 6,960, a ratio of 72.9 to 1.

The nation's most powerful weapon is its negotiating skills, bleach is the nation's most common pesticide, Lihvians are free from pain - but the side effects include loss of individual thought and freedom, and financial investors are noting a boom in artillery. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Lyvenburg's national animal is the Mountain Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Lyvenburg is ranked 126,973^rd in the world and 175^th in Karma for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.19 law-abiding acts per hour.