The Republic of Are You Being Served is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, public floggings, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 7.688 billion Are You Being Servedians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 78.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Are You Being Servedian economy, worth a remarkable 1,306 trillion Object Permanences a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 169,933 Object Permanences, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

Big Agriculture has the government by the nuts, elections are won by the candidate who makes the best 'yo mama' jokes, twins are held culpable for the actions of their siblings, and vats of anabolic steroids are being dumped into the ocean to make Are You Being Servedian mussels the biggest in Eye. 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 12,904^th in the world and 21^st in Eye for Lowest Crime Rates, with 96.67 law-abiding acts per hour.