The Sharper Image of Nocutter is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Gary the Safety Woodpecker with a fair hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, daily referendums, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-working, democratic population of 7.378 billion Nocutterians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Scissors Run. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.4%.

The powerhouse Nocutterian economy, worth 632 trillion simoleons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Average income is 85,688 simoleons, with the richest citizens earning 8.4 times as much as the poorest.

Student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned woodpeckerball fields, students at universities think exercise bikes are pieces of abstract art, election results are often delayed for weeks to count the expat votes, and the drive to dismantle public transport has crashed and burned. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Nocutter's national animal is the woodpecker, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Nocutter is ranked 84,539^th in the world and 13^th in Haiku for Highest Food Quality, scoring 28.58 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.