The Alliance of Smugglers and Mercs is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by apemax with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and smutty television. The compassionate, cheerful population of 31.809 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 99.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Smugglers and Mercsian economy, worth a remarkable 6,018 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 189,214 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Smugglers and Mercsians are regularly fired for looking at MyFace during their lunch breaks, criminals rejoice in the streets as the entire police force is sent away on a training retreat, undersea volcanoes receive strongly worded letters for violating environmental regulations, and politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental. 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 258,604^th in the world and 1,530^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -62.7 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.