The Alliance of Smugglers and Mercs is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by apemax with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, complete lack of prisons, and soft-spoken computers. The compassionate, cheerful population of 28.89 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 Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Smugglers and Mercs City. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Smugglers and Mercsian economy, worth a remarkable 4,679 trillion pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Information Technology industry. Average income is an impressive 161,982 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, the Smugglers and Mercs Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', the Museum of Blackacrean War Crimes is located on "Blackacre Did Nothing Wrong Avenue", and 4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable 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 242,030^th in the world and 1,200^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -65.89 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.