The Republic of Argureia is a tiny, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 18 million Argureians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.2%.

The very strong Argureian economy, worth 1.27 trillion Marianas a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is 70,587 Marianas, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 297,001 per year while the poor average 10,886, a ratio of 27.3 to 1.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, the government is slowly introducing social welfare programs, the tenet of free speech is held dear, and endocrinology is a rapidly growing field of study. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Argureia's national animal is the Tigre.

Argureia is ranked 17,313^th in the world and 14^th in The Western Isles for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 6,842.94 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.