The Disputed Territories of Obstinacy is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, frequent executions, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 39.616 billion Obstinacyians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The minute government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Education, with Spirituality and Welfare not funded at all. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Obstinacyian economy, worth an astonishing 17,890 trillion pelves a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Book Publishing, Retail, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 451,610 pelves, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description, law schools are hurrying to teach the "prank defense" to their students, when shaking hands with foreign leaders Leader wears an armoured gauntlet, and census workers are having a hard time figuring out who is actually living in Obstinacy after the ban on emigration was lifted. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Obstinacy's national animal is the dodo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Obstinacy is ranked 1,385^th in the world and 9^th in Wysteria for Least Corrupt Governments, with 96.79 Percentage Of Bribes Refused.