The Syndicate of Black Flag Pirates is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Arbiter with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, state-planned economy, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.761 billion Pirates have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and look forward to their next free and open election, to be held on an as-yet unannounced date.

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 25.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Piratic economy, worth 422 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 Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Soda Sales. 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 153,134 Doubloons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

The government is dead set on letting people rest in peace, young people crowd pizza parlors praying to 'The Supreme Pizza, His Immaculate Munchiness', there's a literal nanny state for the legions of children taken by social services, and the past is set in stone. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. 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 24,456^th in the world and 7^th in Pirate Paradise for Highest Average Incomes, with 153,134.56 Standard Monetary Units.