The Gas-discharge lamp Full of Argon is a titanic, efficient nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 20.292 billion Argonians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 89.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Argonian economy, worth a remarkable 3,347 trillion Photons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 164,982 Photons, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

Blue bloods are welcome in Argon, if you go into the woods today you're sure of a big surprise, a law degree is required before telling people not to drink and drive, and there's nothing more Argonian than revanchism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Argon's national animal is the Free Electron, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Argon is ranked 44,020^th in the world and 7^th in The Misty Regiment for Most Developed, scoring 78.92 on the Human Development Index.