The United States of Obsida is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, devout population of 240 million Obsidans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Spirituality, with Law & Order, Defense, and Education also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 30.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Obsidan economy, worth 9.75 trillion Cottonpeices a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 40,611 Cottonpeices, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Clumsy self-injury is a viable claim in modern compensation culture, workers can choose whether they prefer offices that smell of pungent body odor or whale vomit, the stock market has been destroyed for its own protection, and the Ministry of Truthiness now manages the entire media industry. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Obsida's national animal is the Ram, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Obsida is ranked 103,609^th in the world and 29^th in Cumberperry for Highest Poor Incomes, with 30,162.75 Standard Monetary Units.