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Geography
Capital City: Roanoke
Largest City: Nashville
•Franklin•
The state of Franklin includes 12 counties in northeast Tennessee.
Capital: Greeneville
•Tennessee•
Includes all Tennessee land from the Tennessee River to Franklin.
Capital: Murfreesboro
Blue Ridge:
The state includes all of the western Virginia territories.
Capital: Lynchburg
West Virginia:
Includes most of the former West Virginia territories, minus the eastern panhandle.
Capital: Charleston
Potomac:
Includes western Maryland, west of the Monocay River and the eastern panhandle counties of West Virginia.
Capital: Cumberland
West Carolina:
The state includes all the western counties of North Carolina.
Capital: Asheville
Westsylvania:
Pennsylvania territory west of the Susquehanna River.
Capital: Altoona
Kentucky Highlands:
Territory includes the former territory of Kentucky Appalachia.
Capital: Frankfort
Kentucky:
Includes the rest of Kentucky except the Jackson Purchase.
Capital: Bowling Green
Chattahoochee:
Includes former Alabama lands north of the Tennessee River and land gained from Georgia.
Capital: Calhoun
Memphis
Nashville
Louisville
Lexington
Pittsburgh
Roanoke Capital District
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Potomac River
Susquehanna River
Tennessee River
Kentucky Lake
Watauga Lake
Douglas Lake
Lake Erie
Mount Mitchell- 6,684'
Greater Appalachia is generally mountainous throughout much of the nation. The Appalachian Mountains run north-south through the nation. Kentucky and Tennessee have large tracks of rolling hills and plains in their western areas. Virginia and West Carolina have flatter regions of land east of the mountains. Westsylvania also has rolling hills and plains in it's Northeast and southern regions.
Greater Appalachia is technically landlocked, although it maintains a port on Lake Erie in which it can trade with other nations bordering great lakes. Ports along the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Ohio rivers also give the nation access to the ocean via the Gulf of Mexico.
Appalachia contains many nationally and locally protected land. Some prominent parks are listed below:
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Monongahela National Forest
Allegheny National Forest
Gettysburg National Historic Site
Chattahoochee National Forest
Nantahala National Forest
New River Gorge National Park
Mark Twain National Forest