| Population | 35.716 billion |
| Capital | Smugglers and Mercs City |
| Leader | apemax |
| Faith | a major religion |
| Currency | pound |
| Animal | dragon |
The Alliance of Smugglers and Mercs is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by apemax with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, complete lack of prisons, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cheerful population of 35.716 billion Smugglers and Mercsians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Smugglers and Mercs City. The average income tax rate is 99.5%.
The frighteningly efficient Smugglers and Mercsian economy, worth a remarkable 7,057 trillion pounds a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 197,593 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The NHS is snowed under by requests for crisper ciabatta and tenderer tagliatelle, an internet search for the word "bland" produces pictures of apemax, weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them, and drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Smugglers and Mercs's national animal is the dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is a major religion.
Smugglers and Mercs is ranked 614th in the world and 9th in 10000 Islands for Lowest Crime Rates, with 187.04 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Smugglers and Mercs, drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web.
- : Following new legislation in Smugglers and Mercs, weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them.
- : Following new legislation in Smugglers and Mercs, an internet search for the word "bland" produces pictures of apemax.
- : Following new legislation in Smugglers and Mercs, the NHS is snowed under by requests for crisper ciabatta and tenderer tagliatelle.
- : Following new legislation in Smugglers and Mercs, Apemax spends weekends doing the laundry of foreign leaders.
- : Following new legislation in Smugglers and Mercs, physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques.
- : Following new legislation in Smugglers and Mercs, lending money has become a major liability.
- : Following new legislation in Smugglers and Mercs, military equipment is being auctioned off to extend comatose centenarians' lives.
- : Following new legislation in Smugglers and Mercs, pieces of iron pyrite are believed to be worth their weight in gold.
- : Following new legislation in Smugglers and Mercs, selling your granddad's clothes requires an incredible amount of paperwork.
