The Republic of Appalachya 10 is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.215 billion Appalachya 10ians 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 tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.0%.

The very strong Appalachya 10ian economy, worth 63.7 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 52,397 Dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 196,930 per year while the poor average 9,732, a ratio of 20.2 to 1.

The alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, surveillance cameras are banned, and older citizens lament over the loss of law and order. Crime is a problem. Appalachya 10's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Appalachya 10 is ranked 150,633^rd in the world and 1^st in Leon Trotsky for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 8,238.08 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.