The Federal Republic of Lev Ao is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Duke Luke with a fair hand, and renowned for its soft-spoken computers, otherworldly petting zoo, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 3.239 billion Levaons hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Levon. The average income tax rate is 85.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Levaon economy, worth 519 trillion Foxes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 160,540 Foxes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

International commentators accuse the nation of aggressive cultural imperialism, missionaries learn the hard way that their piercing spiritual insights are no match for arrows, people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight, and the government hopes that Federation janitors overhear all of the good gossip. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lev Ao's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Crimson.

Lev Ao is ranked 253,944^th in the world and 918^th in the Outback for Largest Black Market, with 162 billion Standard Monetary Units.