The Free Republic of Knootoss is a behemoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prime Minister Charlotte van Jonkervelde with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, digital currency, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 50.265 billion Knootians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Education, with Defense, Healthcare, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Haag. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Knootian economy, worth an astonishing 26,544 trillion Atlantic Ducats a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is a breathtaking 528,094 Atlantic Ducats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,674,385 per year while the poor average 126,987, a ratio of 13.2 to 1.

Artists are pillars of society, the importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age, the government response to disaster victims starving for bread is "let them eat stale cake", and citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles. Crime is totally unknown. Knootoss's national animal is the herring gull, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Kommerdijker Christianity.

Knootoss is ranked 6,213^th in the world and 5^th in Western Atlantic for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 6,319.34 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.