The Alliance of Smugglers and Mercs is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by apemax with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 35.763 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 7,074 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.

Students abandon classrooms for online education, things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, more than one company makes the board game Monopoly, and school nurse's offices feature full-service operating suites. 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 293,311^th in the world and 838^th in 10000 Islands for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 989.02 Standard Monetary Units.