The Pirate Kingdom of New Liberttalia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Pirate-Lord Henry Avery with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 4.831 billion Libertalians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Devon. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.0%.

The very strong Pirate economy, worth 321 trillion Jolly Rogers a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Pizza Delivery, and Retail. Average income is 66,542 Jolly Rogers, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 365,491 per year while the poor average 6,157, a ratio of 59.4 to 1.

Maintaining economic growth is no laughing matter, immigrants who don't like the taste of Pirate Turnip Chips are immediately deported, any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, and teenagers claim that morning paper rounds are performance art. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. New Liberttalia's national animal is the parrot, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Pirate Code.

New Liberttalia is ranked 253,666^th in the world and 33^rd in Allied Nations Treaty Organization for Lowest Crime Rates, with 49.93 law-abiding acts per hour.