The Empire of Argavan is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its digital currency, rampant corporate plagiarism, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 758 million Argavanians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Argavanian economy, worth 111 trillion Gold Standards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 145,801 Gold Standards, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 706,818 per year while the poor average 17,409, a ratio of 40.6 to 1.

Criminals are put to death while cuddling their favourite teddy bear, all work and no play has rendered the nation's children somewhat intelligent but also remarkably dull, a recent political speech drew the ire of nerds everywhere after the speaker claimed that Darth Vader was Harry Potter's father, and the cruise missile launchers on the field hospital roof are purely deterrent in purpose. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Argavan's national animal is the Vulture, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Argavan is ranked 66,451^st in the world and 279^th in Concord for Longest Average Lifespans, with 79.27 years.