[thsksbd]

It's a shade the size of Argentina.

Argentina is a very big country

[ducttapecrown]

The Kardashev scale is a scale whose smallest unit is our current civilization, the scale easily accommodates Argentina.

[timeagain]

Yeah but that scale is fantasy/sci-fi. Baked within it is a kind of assumption that it is a scale we should be moving up through, which is not a given.

So I guess it is reasonable if you think the destiny of life on earth is to “conquer” the “full power” of the sun.

[thsksbd]

Kardashev scale is a fantasy - a dangerous one because very intelligent people spend their talent and societies' resources pursuing it.

[pmontra]

Indeed. Argentina is only 3.5 times smaller than the USA. It's a lot of stuff to send to space.

[dylan604]

This is an odd one though, as Argentina's shape is very long an narrow. I doubt that shape is what is needed. So just looking up something with the similar sizes based on area doesn't really help when the shapes are so different.