def METHOD_NAME() -> configparser.ConfigParser:
    """Retrieve configparser with default values."""
    parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
    # Add default options
    for name, setting in api.settings.items():
        section, option = _get_section_option(name)
        if section not in parser:
            parser.add_section(section)
        default = str(setting.default)
        parser[section][option] = default
    # Add default plugins and aliases section
    parser.add_section("PLUGINS")
    parser["PLUGINS"] = plugins.get_plugins()
    parser.add_section("ALIASES")
    # Only write the individual key sets, not the current keyset as the first of the
    # individual options is chosen as the current one
    del parser["METADATA"]["current_keyset"]
    parser["METADATA"].update(
        {f"keys{num:d}": value for num, value in api.settings.metadata.keysets.items()}
    )
    return parser