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The Disputed Territories of Obstinacy

“Per freta hactenus negata”

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The Disputed Territories of Obstinacy is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, avant-garde cinema, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 42.521 billion Obstinacyians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

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 are ignored. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Obstinacyian economy, worth an astonishing 19,121 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 449,701 pelves, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

It is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, newly-peaceful nations are forced to use assault rifles as farming tools due to a lack of funds for purchasing anything else, passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections, and CEOs can't hear the term 'Fire Sale' without bursting into tears. 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 12,472^nd in the world and 21^st in Wysteria for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 9,615.47 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.

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