The Disputed Territories of Obstinacy is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 43.785 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, 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 19,948 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 455,606 pelves, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Statue-sitting has replaced the stake-out as the dullest form of police duty, refugees from other nations are flocking to Obstinacy's border, the central government is trying to keep things flowing, and an online tea-bagging epidemic is getting worse and (meta)worse. 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 293,798^th in the world and 54^th in Wysteria for Lowest Crime Rates, with 3.05 law-abiding acts per hour.