The Republic of Armarts is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, absence of drug laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, democratic population of 570 million Armartsians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.1%.

The strong Armartsian economy, worth 25.0 trillion Marzes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 43,899 Marzes, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

Designer truncheons are the latest law enforcement fashion craze, an aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time, wealthy parents-to-be can select their perfect baby, and prominent cultural symbols are featured on the backs of cereal boxes. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Armarts's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Armarts is ranked 177,004^th in the world and 6,839^th in Osiris for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 65.43 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.