The People's Republic of Great Northern Appalachia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by The Supreme Soviet with an even hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, state-planned economy, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate population of 1.273 billion Great Northern Appalachians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

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 80.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Great Northern Appalachian economy, worth 150 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 Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 118,463 Labor Vouchers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The official Great Northern Appalachian Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child, concussed common raccoonball players cannot remember their lineup position, politicians tend to jump ship to whichever party is currently leading in the polls, and the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid. 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, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Great Northern Appalachia is ranked 168,974^th in the world and 58^th in 8th International for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 693.93 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.