The Republic of Southern Appalachia is a large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its public floggings, frequent executions, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 67 million Southern Appalachians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The very strong Southern Appalachian economy, worth 5.52 trillion Freedom Seeds a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Gambling, and Tourism. Average income is 82,431 Freedom Seeds, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 317,617 per year while the poor average 14,712, a ratio of 21.6 to 1.

The country is littered with broken homes, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, restaurants are required to specify whether their toilet paper was made in Southern Appalachia, and dynamite sales and concert audiences are booming. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Southern Appalachia's national animal is the Porcupine.

Southern Appalachia is ranked 220,525^th in the world and 449^th in United States of America for Safest, scoring 29.44 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.