The Alliance of Smugglers and Mercs is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by apemax with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, national health service, and compulsory vegetarianism. The compassionate, cheerful population of 35.803 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 7,081 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 197,803 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Extreme political groups are outlawed, citizens have to dodge their neighbors' drones while getting the morning paper, many parents are becoming frustrated with their children's choices in spouses, and motorbike jousters live young and die fast. 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 539^th in the world and 5^th in 10000 Islands for Safest, scoring 186.88 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.