The Republic of Appalachya 82 is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.089 billion Appalachya 82ians 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, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order and Education are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The strong Appalachya 82ian economy, worth 69.1 trillion Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 63,493 Dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 310,052 per year while the poor average 7,476, a ratio of 41.5 to 1.

Criminals lock themselves in their mums' basements to avoid prison, divorce is illegal, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and surveillance cameras are banned. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Appalachya 82's national animal is the Eagle.

Appalachya 82 is ranked 119,211^th in the world and 1^st in Aleppo for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 2,744.89 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.