The People's Republic of Armley is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Rachel Reeves MP with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 24.868 billion Armlonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 44.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Armlonian economy, worth a remarkable 5,303 trillion Armley Pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 213,275 Armley Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The constant playing of Merry Birthday on Armlonian radio has led to calls for the song to be classified as a crime against humanity, the military struggles with recruitment, murderers and thieves claim divine inspiration to avoid prosecution, and inter-species marriages are ignored by the government. Crime is totally unknown. Armley's national animal is the Kentucky Fried Chicken, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Armley is ranked 89,332^nd in the world and 105^th in United Kingdom for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 2,310.28 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.