The People's Republic of Argolide is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 413 million Argolideans are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized 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 88.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Argolidean economy, worth 34.8 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 major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 84,196 Florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Argolide recently hosted the least successful trade negotiations since The Phantom Menace, military pilots spend more time scraping feathers off their engines than flying their aircraft, the military will start wars with other nations on a lark, and being Leader has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs. 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 13,090^th in the world and 3^rd in We like money for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 4,526.91 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.