The United States of Obsida is a large, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 121 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 relatively small government is primarily concerned with Spirituality, with Defense, Law & Order, and Education also on the agenda, while Environment and International Aid receive no funds. The average income tax rate is 15.0%.

The strong Obsidan economy, worth 6.98 trillion Cottonpeices a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 57,669 Cottonpeices, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

1% of global paper production is bound for the National Archive, anyone with an emergency on a holy day is advised to pray harder, the government merely sends empty platitudes whenever natural disasters strike foreign nations, and entire families are dragged into counseling whenever children fight on a playground. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable 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 311,662^nd in the world and 102^nd in Cumberperry for Largest Black Market, with 7.00 billion Standard Monetary Units.