The People's Republic of Argolide is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its national health service, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 538 million Argolideans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Argos. The average income tax rate is 89.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Argolidean economy, worth 52.2 trillion Florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 97,009 Florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, government employees from Argolide dominate international lumberjack competitions, pet owners must make a payment if their charges leave a deposit, and tabloids publicly shun nurses for not calling home on the weekends. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Argolide's national animal is the Ox, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Argolide is ranked 205,361^st in the world and 64^th in We like money for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -4 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.