The Republic of Pirates and Buccaneers is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Magistrate Captain Charles Harlock with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, ritual sacrifices, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 14.149 billion Pirates and Buccaneers 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 minute, corrupt government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Libertalia. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Pirates and Buccaneersian economy, worth a remarkable 5,717 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, 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 amazing 404,111 Doubloons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

A government program is underway to revitalize Pirates and Buccaneers's beaches, diplomatic cables about Magistrate Captain Charles Harlock have suddenly been very flattering, children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces, and Pirates and Buccaneers refer to transgender people with insults instead of pronouns. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Pirates and Buccaneers's national animal is the Parrot, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Protestantism.

Pirates and Buccaneers is ranked 111,028^th in the world and 6^th in Republic of Pirates for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 763.9 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.