The Holy Grand Bishopry of Obadiahstan is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, frequent executions, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 16.502 billion Obadiahstanis are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Spirituality, with Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 53.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Obadiahstanian economy, worth 451 trillion gelds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Furniture Restoration, Soda Sales, Uranium Mining, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 27,389 gelds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

NationStates is now a popular brand of laxatives despite Max Barry's protests, putting a mustache on a banknote is considered defacing a national monument, newspapers and TV broadcasters are given a list of 'acceptable words', and mining is the nation's most dangerous occupation. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Obadiahstan's national animal is the Gschwall.

Obadiahstan is ranked 110,315^th in the world and 4^th in Sumerian Coalition for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.65 law-abiding acts per hour.