The Republic of Appalachya 43 is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.238 billion Appalachya 43ians 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.2%.

The very strong Appalachya 43ian economy, worth 77.5 trillion Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 62,585 Dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 235,221 per year while the poor average 11,624, a ratio of 20.2 to 1.

Builders across Appalachya 43 are blocked up with orders for new public loos, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, the tenet of free speech is held dear, and thousands of children die every day from easily curable illnesses. Crime is a problem. Appalachya 43's national animal is the Eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Appalachya 43 is ranked 190,988^th in the world and 1^st in TBH Graveyard for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 564.79 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.