- Conventional long form name = Republic of Armenia
- capitol city = Yerevan
- type of government = republic
- date of Independence = 21 September 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
- national Holiday = Independence Day
- Chief of state = President Serzh SARGSIAN
- Head of government = Prime Minister Tigran SARGSIAN
- Description of Executive Branch = Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister. president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 18 February 2013 (next to be held February 2018); prime minister appointed by the president based on majority or plurality support in parliament; the prime minister and Council of Ministers must resign if the National Assembly refuses to accept their program
- Description of legislative branch/Power = unicameral National Assembly (Parliament) or Azgayin Zhoghov (131 seats; members elected by popular vote, 90 members elected by party list and 41 by direct vote; to serve five-year terms).
- Description of judicial Branch/Power = Court of Cassation (consists of the court chairman and organized into a criminal chamber and a civil and administrative chamber, each with a court chairman and 2 judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)Court of Cassation judges nominated by the Judicial Council, a 9-member body of selected judges and legal scholars; judges appointed by the president;
- Suffrage = 18 years of age; universal
- name of their embassador to the US = Ambassador Tatoul MARKARIAN
- Location of the ambassador = 2225 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
- Location of their consults in the US = Boston Mass.
- Name of ambassador to them = Ambassador John HEFFERN
- Location of embassy there = American Embassy Yerevan, US Department of State, 7020 Yerevan Place, Washington, DC 20521-7020
- Location of US consults = Yerevan
- Symbolism of flag = three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, and orange; the color red recalls the blood shed for liberty, blue the Armenian skies as well as hope, and orange the land and the courage of the workers who farm it