The Syndicate of Black Flag Pirates is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Arbiter with an even hand, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, compulsory military service, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.93 billion Pirates are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Metropoli Atoll. The average income tax rate is 32.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Piratic economy, worth 491 trillion Doubloons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Gambling. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 167,721 Doubloons, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

The amount welfare recipients spend on fertilizer has exploded, foreign heads of state have taken out restraining orders against Piratic ambassadors, ambulances aren't allowed to overtake hearses, and people believe that if you teach a man to fish he won't buy fish from you any more. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Black Flag Pirates's national animal is the Viper, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is psychadelicc ghost pirates.

Black Flag Pirates is ranked 83,654^th in the world and 7^th in Pirate Paradise for Most Developed, scoring 66.26 on the Human Development Index.