The Golden Benevolent Empire of Margaux is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Empress May Erins Reaper with an iron fist, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, avowedly heterosexual populace, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.804 billion Margauxians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Industry also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Triablo. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 53.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Margauxian economy, worth 316 trillion Marguins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 175,347 Marguins, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Journalists giggle uncontrollably while reporting the nation's drug bonfires, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, and anyone who sneezes at border crossings is turned away. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Margaux's national animal is the Golden Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Citizens Choice.

Margaux is ranked 11,767^th in the world and 80^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Black Market, with 74.5 trillion Standard Monetary Units.