The Holy Empire of Argyatsova is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by His Holiness Zaheer Gyatso II with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 3.147 billion Argyatsovans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Spirituality, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Koraanga City. The average income tax rate is 82.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Argyatsovan economy, worth 185 trillion aloes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Tourism. Average income is 58,895 aloes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Organisations with 800 in their phone number are often raided by special forces, old folks reminisce about the last time someone was acquitted of a crime, His Holiness Zaheer Gyatso II is famed for giving great back rubs, and press conferences always end with standing ovations and rapturous applause. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Argyatsova's national animal is the snow lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Dalai'iastrianism.

Argyatsova is ranked 199,177^th in the world and 302^nd in Refugia for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -3.16 on the Clooney Contribution Index.