The Colony of Captain Pugwash is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Captain Horatio Pugwash with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 27.464 billion Pugwashers are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Black Pig. The average income tax rate is 76.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pugwashian economy, worth a remarkable 3,744 trillion Dolloping Doubloons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 136,351 Dolloping Doubloons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions, landless farmers wander forlornly in the government's many national parks, violently opinionated speakers can be heard preaching their hateful views on every street corner, and old cars must undergo mandatory sensitivity training. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Captain Pugwash's national animal is the Scuttling Cuttlefish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Pastafarianism.

Captain Pugwash is ranked 1,393^rd in the world and 4^th in Hippy Haven for Nicest Citizens, with 80.36 average smiles per day.