The Disputed Territories of Obstinacy is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its national health service, parental licensing program, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 43.854 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, socially-minded government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Education, although Defense is also considered important, while Spirituality and Welfare receive no funds. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Obstinacyian economy, worth an astonishing 20,131 trillion pelves a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Tourism. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 459,052 pelves, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cheese lovers have a case of the bleus, married couples must call each other "darling" or risk a fine, depression sinks in after each election when voters realize they are stuck with these people for years, and it's illegal to be caught on tape. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Obstinacy's national animal is the dodo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Obstinacy is ranked 10,036^th in the world and 22^nd in Wysteria for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 8,832.89 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.