The capital is Asheville, a community of 74,000 people that served as a regional relief center right after Doomsday, and for years was thought by locals to be the largest community not just in the region, but in the entire world. The government of Asheville has long had good relations with neighboring East Tennessee, Georgia and Republic of Piedmont. The League of Nations insists that whatever entity ultimately controls the area, do so as the former United States governed the area pre-Doomsday, respecting the "traditional American values of liberty and justice".