The Federative Democratic States of Pirate Kingdoms is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Federal President Khan Wardak with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 22.095 billion al-Qarnans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Welfare, Industry, and Social Policy also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ködöröça. The average income tax rate is 71.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient al-Qarnan economy, worth a remarkable 2,472 trillion Auroruses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 111,883 Auroruses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

An extra hand on the leg will give a horse-and-a-half of lead in a hundred jiffies on seven furlongs, older citizens lament over the loss of law and order, ships no longer sail as no one wants to encounter al-Qarnan pirates, and foreign invaders are putting al-Qarnan lab rats out of a job. Crime is totally unknown. Pirate Kingdoms's national animal is the Markhor, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pirate Kingdoms is ranked 138,709^th in the world and 4^th in The Phoenix Concordat for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 8,877.32 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.