Please provide the following information:

• Version of JMockit that was used:
  1.33

• Description of the problem:
  When run inside a Kubernetes Pod, JMockit tests do no initialize properly. There is an IllegalArgumentException in
  JMockitInitialization.preventEventualClassLoadingConflicts (JMockitInitialization.java:40)

Obviously, there is a weird Default Locale with (probably) empty country, which Currency rejects.
Maybe, a well known Locale (like Locale.German or whichever you prefer) should be used here.