The State of Argent Bailey is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its complete lack of public education, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 28.889 billion Argent Baileyians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The very strong Argent Baileyian economy, worth 945 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Average income is 32,745 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 222,626 per year while the poor average 1,759, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Voting is voluntary and citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Argent Bailey's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Argent Bailey is ranked 122,085^th in the world and 1^st in Caledonia for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.