The Empire of Appalachya 112 is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-working, democratic population of 659 million Appalachya 112ians 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, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The very strong Appalachya 112ian economy, worth 49.3 trillion Stolen Lightsabers 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 Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 74,819 Stolen Lightsabers, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 247,180 per year while the poor average 16,936, a ratio of 14.6 to 1.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, genetic researchers have been expelled, and every week is blindness awareness week. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Appalachya 112's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Appalachya 112 is ranked 126,507^th in the world and 1^st in Brancaland for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 2,122.06 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.