The United States of Southern Republic of Dixie is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Yankee Council with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, absence of drug laws, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 11.742 billion Dixies hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jackson. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 48.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Dixie economy, worth a remarkable 2,394 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 203,951 Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 654,927 per year while the poor average 48,141, a ratio of 13.6 to 1.

The blood, sweat, and tears of poor Dixies make research institutes rich, the nation's democracy attracts huddled masses yearning to breathe free, Yankee Council spends weekends doing the laundry of foreign leaders, and wigged-out hunters report playing croquet with the Queen of Hearts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Southern Republic of Dixie's national animal is the Grey Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Southern Republic of Dixie is ranked 17,535^th in the world and 1^st in True Dixie for Lowest Crime Rates, with 91.8 law-abiding acts per hour.