The Interstellar Empire of Wandering Argonians is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Arakesh Quickclaw with an even hand, and remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, public floggings, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 49.163 billion Argonians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Environment, and Education are also considered important, while Industry and Healthcare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gray Rock. The average income tax rate is 68.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The enormous but inefficient Wandering Argoniansian economy, worth a remarkable 2,357 trillion ArgoDollars a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 47,945 ArgoDollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Increasing numbers of children in Wandering Argonians have different eye and hair color to their supposed fathers, the military has declared war on all religious influence, a recent political debate came to a quick close once the ruling party decreed it was "just plain silly", and an epidemic of unpopped kernels causes movie goers to gnash their teeth. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wandering Argonians's national animal is the mugroy, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Wandering Argonians is ranked 308,338^th in the world and 3^rd in Spinward Arm for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 20.2 on the Kitten Softness Rating.