The Commonwealth of The Smugs is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Lord Snatcher with a fair hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.225 billion Smugs love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Timepiece City. The average income tax rate is 67.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Smugsian economy, worth 360 trillion Hatokens a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 111,636 Hatokens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, many suspect the government "doth protest too much" with their curiously specific denials of conspiracy theories, money grows on trees, and hordes of tourists are ruining the environment. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Smugs's national animal is the Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

The Smugs is ranked 27,074^th in the world and 71^st in The League for Lowest Crime Rates, with 84.54 law-abiding acts per hour.