The Armed Republic of OIS Knockout is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its digital currency, ban on automobiles, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 313 million OIS Knockoutians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30.6%.

The powerhouse OIS Knockoutian economy, worth 24.9 trillion Halicarnassuses a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 79,539 Halicarnassuses, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 266,727 per year while the poor average 17,609, a ratio of 15.1 to 1.

The contraband cigarette trade is lighting up across OIS Knockout, late night adverts for breast milk co-ops regularly win pornography industry awards, forest fires have dropped dramatically as there are hardly any forests left, and the new Liquor Legitimacy Office is besieged with job applications from people who have experience in "statistical sampling methods". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. OIS Knockout's national animal is the White Phoenix, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

OIS Knockout is ranked 66,900^th in the world and 260^th in Ordo Imperialia for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,554.49 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.