The People's Republic of Great Northern Appalachia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by The Supreme Soviet with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, compulsory military service, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.121 billion Great Northern Appalachians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wilkes-Barre. The average income tax rate is 78.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Great Northern Appalachian economy, worth 114 trillion Labor Vouchers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 102,359 Labor Vouchers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Welfare funding has recently gone through the roof, dozens of additional foreign policy specialists have been sent to the country's WA Mission, park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets, and tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Great Northern Appalachia's national animal is the common raccoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Great Northern Appalachia is ranked 23,425^th in the world and 15^th in 8th International for Lowest Crime Rates, with 87.23 law-abiding acts per hour.