The Republic of Obfuscous is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its deadly medical pandemics, ritual sacrifices, and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 3.524 billion Obfuscousians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 68.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Obfuscousian economy, worth 404 trillion pesos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 114,848 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Refugees from other nations are flocking to Obfuscous's border, the nation gives peace a chance - usually one in a million, people have to sneak out of the country in order to have sex, and children usually cry on their first day of school. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Obfuscous's national animal is the crocodile, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Obfuscous is ranked 195,828^th in the world and 1,923^rd in Two for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 729.14 on the Hickory Productivity Index.