The Alliance of Smugglers and Mercs is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by apemax with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory vegetarianism, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 35.78 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 7,077 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.

More than one company makes the board game Monopoly, school nurse's offices feature full-service operating suites, extreme political groups are outlawed, and citizens have to dodge their neighbors' drones while getting the morning paper. 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 1,678^th in the world and 27^th in 10000 Islands for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 22,513.56 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.