The Republic of Obsidian Wings is a mammoth, safe nation, notable for its burgeoning cobra population. The quiet, industrious population of 5.941 billion Obsidian Wingsians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 15.0%.

The Obsidian Wingsian economy, worth 315 trillion deniers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 53,158 deniers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is well under control. Obsidian Wings's national animal is the cobra.

Obsidian Wings is ranked 146,644^th in the world and 128^th in Prison for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.