The Decider of Fate of Mayor Knuckles is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.671 billion Mayor Knucklesians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of weeeeeheeeeeeeeeeee. The average income tax rate is 32.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Mayor Knucklesian economy, worth 113 trillion memes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 42,310 memes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many politicians are serving jail time for minor drug offenses, behind every local dictator is a Mayor Knucklesian advisor whispering in their ear, sexuality-questioning teenagers are placed in locked rooms with dirty magazines and lewd posters, and condos feature wall-mounted cages containing endangered animals. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mayor Knuckles's national animal is the meme, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mayor Knuckles is ranked 129,248^th in the world and 7^th in Joe for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 2,430.02 on the Hickory Productivity Index.