The British Classic of Are You Being Served is a titanic, efficient nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, aversion to nipples, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 13.027 billion Are You Being Servedians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 94.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Are You Being Servedian economy, worth a remarkable 2,915 trillion Object Permanences a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 223,803 Object Permanences, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Unemployed mercenaries drift the country looking for new careers, brains have been removed from lists of best brain foods, buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel, and the military's newest toy broadcasts Are You Being Served's anthem on hostile frequencies to drive enemies insane. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Are You Being Served's national animal is the Question Mark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Are You Being Served is ranked 221,699^th in the world and 1,726^th in Eye for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -3.82 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.