Leifor

**Leifor** (レイフォル, *Reiforu*) was a civilized country of the Second Civilization Area. It was one of the five Superpowers in the three civilized world and fifth most powerful nation in the world.

After being defeated by Gra Valkas Empire, it became a colony of the Empire.

## History

Not much is known about its history before events in the novel, although it was stated Leifor's Navy hadn't been defeated in 300 years, indicated it has possibly been a superpower for that long and likely existed for years before. Leifor, or whatever national entity preceded it, conquered part of the Mu continent thousands of years ago after the continent transferred to the New World from Earth. As it gained national power and prestige, it also acquired a number of protectorates: The Paganda Kingdom, and even the Hinomawari Kingdom that had traditionally been tied to Mu. At some point in relative history, the Parpaldia Empire surpassed Leifor in national power.

## Chronology

### Prelude

By the time Japan succeed in defeating the Louria Kingdom in the Eastern Hemisphere, in the Western Hemisphere, Gra Valkas Empire launches an invasion and conquered the Paganda Kingdom with a single warship, Grade Atlastar. Enraged, the Leifor Kingdom dispatches all of its fleets to retaliate but all of their fleets are decimated once again by Grade Atlastar. Additionally, the captain of the ship, Luxtal, immediately sets the course to Leifor Capital, Leiforia and with a single punitive strike, they manage to kill the Emperor and forcing the Kingdom and its vassal states to surrender.

The Gra Valkas built integrated Army and Navy command base Lars Filmyna for the purpose of continental invasions and integration of Mu continent.

### Japanese-Parpaldia War Arc

The Leifor was mentioned when a merchant told about his experience when the capital Leiforia was bombarded by the battleship Grade Atlastar.

> **"There was only one ship, so we didn’t think much of it, but the firepower of that thing, it was so destructive we thought that even a god of fire couldn’t make something as strong as this. The cannon batteries were demolished in a single volley. Then they just randomly bombed the entire city, it was terrifying. We ran and ran and ran. Those guys were just way too strong. They laid waste to the capital of a superpower with just one ship!!! I bet even Mu would lose them. The world belongs to Gra Valkas now, if you ask me."**
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> **Experience the horrors of merchants when the capital Leiforia was bombarded, depicted in chapter 16 of the novel.**
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However, many others used the excuse that Leifor was the weakest of the world's five superpowers to disregard the power of the Gra Valkas Empire.

### New World War Arc

The capital Leiforia was used by the Gra Valkas Empire as a window of diplomacy with the New World. After the Battle of the Folk Strait, four diplomat missions, including Japan, will hold informal talks with the Gra Valkas Empire in Leiforia, Leifor Province of Gra Valkas Empire.

In the Battle of Baltica,the World Union's forces intended to sail for Leifor and destroy the Gra Valkas fleet there as revenge for attacking the Leadership Conference. This attack force was intercepted South of Mu and never reached Leifor's shores. Not long after the battle, Japan would visit the region again to warn the Gra Valkas Empire against invading Mu, a warning that was snubbed.

During the Empire's short-lived Invasion of Mu, a reserve army of over 300,000 troops was kept in several bases around Leifor. Despite the failure of the invasion, these troops were never mobilized.

The Empire's defeat in the Great Naval Invasion of Japan destroyed any abilities it had to launch offensive operations, and the Empire was forced into a defensive posture. Leifor has been identified as the primary target of the World Union's counter-offensive against the Empire, and they made every plan to hold it at all costs.

The Liberation of Leifor was a massive joint operation conducted by dozens of countries to push the Gra Valkas Empire off the Mu continent for good. Over the course of a few weeks, aided greatly by Japanese aircraft, nearly 400,000 Gra Valkas military personnel were killed and thousands of ships and planes were destroyed. Although straggler soldiers and Gra Valkas colonists were still trapped on the continent, Leifor was effectively free from foreign rule.

## Military

The national power and scale are said to be far inferior to Parpaldia Empire, but quite similar to their weapons, with many military assets like Wyvern Lord, Dragon Carrier, Magic Ships-of-the-Line,... has been confirmed to exist. Leifor's strongest warship, the Leiforia-class with 100 guns, was slightly inferior to the Parpaldian Empire's Phishanus-class, with 150 guns.

It was mentioned that the Leifor Navy has been unbeaten for the past 300 years, and that its power was strong enough to surpass other civilized nations in the region. Despite this, its power compared to other superpowers was significantly inferior, even when compared to the superpower standing right above it, the Parpaldia Empire, which caused it to be despised.

There was at least one order of knights in its Army, but what equipment they had is unknown. Knights were soldiers not typical of civilized nations and especially superpowers.

After the Gra Valkas Empire annexed Leifor as a colony, they built a lot of infrastructures here, including military structures, with the aim of using Leifor as a "springboard" for their conquest of the world. So far, known facilities including the Valkyries Base, the headquarter of the Invasion of Mu; Combined Base Lars Filmyna, the primary military port to transfer forces from the Gra Valkas's homeland, along with the Naval Port of Leiforia have been upgraded to dock large warships in large numbers.

## Economy

It is not revealed much about the size, structure,... of Leifor's economy. However, it can be assumed that it was in the period just before the Industrial Revolution like Parpaldia Empire.

After being annexed as a colonial territory by Gra Valkas Empire, it was reconstructed, consolidated and - to some extent - modernized due to its importance as a "gateway" to the outside world. The people of Leifor are said to have been taught basic techniques for industrial production. Several arms factories were built in Leiforia, with many - if not all - of them destroyed when JSDF conducted air raid on Leiforia.

## Politics

The nation was ruled by a monarchy, which, according to the author, similar to the tyrannical monarchy of the Tsarist Russia.

Like most superpowers and other civilized countries, the people here have a great pride. However, that pride was trampled and shredded after the country fell to the Gra Valkas Empire. Now, the people of this country are falling victim to the exploitation and trampling of dignity, and are fighting only to survive. The capital of Leiforia now becomes rusty with the old foundations of the country once this superpower is gradually being removed and replaced with the architectural symbols of Gra Valkas.

## Foreign Relations

### Paganda Kingdom

Paganda Kingdom was under their protection. Their Emperor was enraged after hearing that the Kingdom was being invaded by Gra Valkas and deployed a fleet to destroy them.

### Japan

Because the restriction of the flow of information from outside the country imposed by GVE, most Leiforians do not aware of Japan's feats in the war against GVE, causing them to be susceptible to fake news spread by HME to fool them to think HME is better the Japanese in term of dealing with the GVE. Furthermore, this restriction of information is severe enough that a lot of Leiforians do not even aware of the existence of Japan.

## Trivia

* Indirectly, Leifor and the Paganda Kingdom could be considered the perpetrators of the New World War because their actions incited the Gra Valkas Empire and gave them a contemptuous and prejudiced view of the New World.