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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, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its national health service, complete lack of prisons, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 43.867 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 20,126 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 458,798 pelves, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

College students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, requests for password resets peak during election season, artists are pillars of society, and banning party poppers has been a real party pooper. 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 290,459^th in the world and 55^th in Wysteria for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -28.21 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.

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