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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, efficient nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 43.899 billion Obstinacyians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

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 20,046 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 456,642 pelves, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Excited shovel-bearing geeks wander the countryside, social media sites go into shutdown for days at a time to censor user content, people often get liposuction to reduce their air fares, and inheritance tax has recently been abolished. 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 286,894^th in the world and 60^th in Wysteria for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -81.55 on the Clooney Contribution Index.

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