The Republic of Scottsboro is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 2.149 billion Alabamians 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 31.3%.

The strong Scottsboroan economy, worth 141 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,910 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Sales of fishnet stockings have reached a record high, blind students are at a disadvantage now that test papers printed in braille have been discontinued, young soldiers are shocked to discover there are no 'safe spaces' on a battlefield, and interviewees for teaching jobs are waterboarded to "reveal undesirable histories". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scottsboro's national animal is the Black bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Scottsboro is ranked 215,750^th in the world and 647^th in Carcassonne for Safest, scoring 29.39 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.