The Alliance of Smugglers and Mercs is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by apemax with an even hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cheerful population of 28.858 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 Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Smugglers and Mercs City. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Smugglers and Mercsian economy, worth a remarkable 4,666 trillion pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Information Technology industry. Average income is an impressive 161,716 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens can only enjoy the splendor of the natural world in designated 'Majesty Appreciation' zones, the government spends more on chasing distant comets than on basic infrastructure, at least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to apemax's wardrobe, and crowded passenger trains are near-silent save for the soft tap of fingers on touchscreens. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable 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 2,061^st in the world and 3^rd in The Embassy for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 19,441.25 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.