Editing Appalachia

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|+style="font-size: 200%; padding: 0 0 .1em 0;"| '''Appalachia'''
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| '''Capital''' || [[Columbus]]
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| '''Largest city''' || [[Columbus]]
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| '''Notable Metropolitan Areas''' || [[Alexandria-Northern Virginia, VA]] (split with [[Mid-Atlantic]] and [[Washington D.C.]]) <br> [[Cleveland, OH]] <br> [[Cincinatti, OH-KY]] <br> [[Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Hampton Roads, VA]] <br> [[Indianapolis, IN]] <br> [[Columbus, OH]] <br> [[Louisville, KY-IN]] <br> [[Richmond, VA]] <br> [[Charlotte, NC]] (split with [[Dixie]]) <br> [[Dayton, OH]] <br> [[Akron, OH]] <br> [[Raleigh, NC]] <br> [[Toledo, OH]] (split with [[Heartlands]])
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| '''Regions''' || '''States'''
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| [[Shenandoah Valley]] || [[Virginia]] <br> [[North Carolina]] <br> [[West Virginia]]
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| [[Ohio Valley]] || [[Ohio]] <br> [[Indiana]] <br> [[Kentucky]]
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| '''Area'''<sup>&nbsp;</sup> || Ranked ?th
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| &nbsp;- Total  || 242,475&nbsp;sq&nbsp;mi <br/> 628,005 km²
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| &nbsp;- % water || 5.59
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| '''Population'''<sup>&nbsp;</sup> || Ranked ?th
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| &nbsp;- Total || 40,315,459 (2000 Census)
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| &nbsp;- Density || 166.27/sq&nbsp;mi&nbsp;<br />64.20/km² (?th)
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| '''Governor''' || [[Peter Vandenberg]] ([[Republican Party|R]]-OH)
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| '''Lt. Governor''' || <i>Vacant</i>
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| '''Majority Leader''' || [[Whitney Mason]] ([[Democratic Party|D]]-NC)
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| '''Minority Leader''' || <i>Vacant</i> ([[Republican Party|R]]-?)
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|  '''U.S. Senators''' ||
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| &nbsp;- Shenandoah Valley || [[Richard Schneiter]] ([[Republican Party|R]]-NC) <br> [[Chris Harrison]] ([[Democratic Party|D]]-VA)  
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| &nbsp;- Ohio Valley || [[Terry Hughes]] ([[Republican Party|R]]-OH) <br> [[Tim Kent]] ([[Republican Party|R]]-OH)
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| '''Abbreviation'''
| APP
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| '''Web site'''
| [http://worldsimulations.com/USGS/index.php?showforum=140 Appalachia Government]
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The Superreion of '''Appalachia''' comprises of the [[Ohio Valley]] and [[Shenandoah Valley]] regions, consisting of six States.  Along with [[Big Sky Country]] and [[Mississippi Valley]], it is one of the only superregions which lacks a single-state region within it.  

It was named, presumably, after the [[Appalachian Mountains]], which approximately form the boundary between the two constituent regions.  

==Adjacent Superregions==
*North: Canada (across [[Lake Erie]])
*East and Northeast: [[Mid-Atlantic]] (and [[Washington D.C.]])
*West and Northwest: [[Heartlands]], and a very small boundary with [[Mississippi Valley]]
*South: [[Dixie]]

==Politics==
Appalachia is an overall Republican-leaning superregion, with Republicans holding an overall 3.5 point advantage in party registration over the Democrats.  Nearly all of the Republican margin of comfort comes in the Ohio Valley, where Republicans hold a 6.1 point advantage;  in the Shenandoah Valley, the GOP holds a miniscule 0.2 point advantage, making the Shenandoah Valley one of the most evenly divided regions in the nation.  As a result, the Ohio Valley tends to be strongly Republican, the Shenandoah Valley has been a heavily contended battleground, and Appalachia as a whole leans Republican.  

===Election 2008===

{{Elect|Vandenberg1}}
'''Appalachia Governor'''
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;" align="center"
!colspan="2"| Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! %
|-align="left"
| bgcolor="#000099"|
| [[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[Christopher Harrison|Chris Harrison]]
| 5,407,996
| 48.89%
|-align="left"
| bgcolor="#CC0000"|
| [[Republican Party|Republican]]
| '''Peter Vandenberg'''
| 5,653,581
| 51.1%
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
! align="right" colspan="3"|Total
! align="left"|11,061,577
! 
|}

{{Elect|Kent1}}
'''OV Senate, Class 3'''
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;" align="center"
!colspan="2"| Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! %
|-align="left"
| bgcolor="#000099"|
| [[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[Michael Rubenstein]]
| 4,024,563
| 22.22%
|-align="left"
| bgcolor="#CC0000"|
| [[Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[Time Kent]]
| 1,149,749
| 77.78%
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
! align="right" colspan="3"|Total
! align="left"|5,174,312
! 
|}

===Election 2010===

{{Elect|Schneiter1}}
'''Shenandoah Valley, Class One'''
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;" align="center"
!colspan="2"| Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! %
|-align="left"
| bgcolor="#000099"|
| [[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[Christopher Harrison|Chris Harrison]]
| 3,207,718
| 49.6%
|-align="left"
| bgcolor="#CC0000"|
| [[Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[Richard Schneiter]]
| 3,200,493
| 49.5%
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
! align="right" colspan="3"|Total
! align="left"|6,408,211
! 
|}

{{Elect|Hughes1}}
'''Ohio Valley, Class One'''
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;" align="center"
!colspan="2"| Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! %
|-align="left"
| bgcolor="#000099"|
| [[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[Jax Jaxal]]
| 3,466,852
| 40.6%
|-align="left"
| bgcolor="#CC0000"|
| [[Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[Terry Hughes]]
| 5,002,081
| 58.5%
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
! align="right" colspan="3"|Total
! align="left"|8,468,933
! 
|}

===Office Holders===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
| bgcolor=#cccccc rowspan="2" | '''Year''' 
| bgcolor=#cccccc colspan="3" | '''Governor''' 
| bgcolor=#cccccc colspan="3" | '''Lt. Governor'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc colspan="4" | '''Legislature'''
|-
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Name'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Party'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''State'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Name'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Party'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''State'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''GOP'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''DNC'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Maj. Leader'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Min. Leader'''
|-
| 2009
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="5" | [[Peter Vandenberg]]
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="5" | [[Republican Party|Republican]]
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="5" | Ohio
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="1" | [[Caroline Andrews]]<sup>1</sup>
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="1" | [[Republican Party|Republican]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="1" | Indiana
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="3" | '''51'''
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="3" | 50
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="3" | Lt. Gov
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="3" | [[Whitney Mason]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="1" | [[Marcus Milam]]<sup>2</sup>
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="1" | [[Republican Party|Republican]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="1" | North Carolina
|-
| rowspan="3" colspan="3" | ''Vacant''
|- 
| 2011
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="2" | 48
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="2" | '''53'''
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="2" | [[Whitney Mason]]
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="2" | ''Vacant''
|-
| 2012
|}


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
| bgcolor=#cccccc colspan="5" | '''Senators'''
|-
| bgcolor=#cccccc rowspan="2" | '''Year''' 
| bgcolor=#cccccc colspan="2" | '''Ohio Valley''' 
| bgcolor=#cccccc colspan="2" | '''Shenandoah Valley'''
|-
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Class 1'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Class 3'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Class 1'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Class 2'''
|-
| 2008
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="6" | [[Terry Hughes]]<br>(R-OH)
| ''Vacant''
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="2" | [[James Olsen]]<br>(R-VA)
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="3" | [[Jared Daniels]]<br>(D-NC)
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="5" | [[Tim Kent]]<br>(R-OH)
|-
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="2" | [[Richard Schneiter]]<sup>3</sup><br>(R-NC)
|-
| 2010
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="1" | [[Keith Carter]]<sup>4</sup><br>(D-VA)
|-
| 2011
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="2" | [[Chris Harrison]]<br>(D-VA)
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="2" | [[Richard Schneiter]]<sup>5</sup><br>(R-NC)
|-
| 2012
|}

'''Footnotes'''<br>
*<sup>1</sup> Caroline Andrews was eaten by a leopard while visiting Yemen in 2009.
*<sup>2</sup> Marcus Milam vanished under mysterious circumstances sometime in 2010.
*<sup>3</sup> Richard Schneiter was appointed by Governor Vandenberg after James Olsen resigned in 2009.
*<sup>4</sup> Jared Daniels became a game administrator;  Keith Carter was appointed by the Democratic Party to fill the remainder of Daniels' seat.
*<sup>5</sup> Richard Schneiter was appointed by Governor Vandenberg after vanished under mysterious circumstances in late 2011.
*<sup>6</sup> Chris Harrison was killed after stepping on a landmine in the DMZ in 2012.