The Golden Benevolent Empire of Margaux is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Empress May Erins Reaper with an iron fist, and renowned for its vat-grown people, avowedly heterosexual populace, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.82 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, although Law & Order, Education, and Industry are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Triablo. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 53.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Margauxian economy, worth 320 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 176,166 Marguins, with the richest citizens earning 6.3 times as much as the poorest.

Advertisements read like science journal articles complete with extensive references, the government snoops on private internet connections, citizens try to pass off bottlecaps they found in their backyards as historical artifacts, and no personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police. 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 189,067^th in the world and 985^th in 10000 Islands for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 376.08 on the Societal Mobility Rating.