The Federal Republic of Appalachia is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by President Locke with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful population of 18.32 billion Appalachians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Knoxville. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Appalachian economy, worth a remarkable 3,582 trillion adelas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 195,544 adelas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

What's in your genes matters more than what's in your jeans, Maxtopian Grass flags adorn every college dorm room, 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool, and all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Appalachia's national animal is the black bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Appalachia is ranked 297,242^nd in the world and 37^th in North America for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring zero on the Total War Preparedness Rating.