Franklin is a small nation in the middle of the states Tennesse, and North Carolina in the United States of America. Franklin succeeded from the United States in 1784 when North Carolina gave Congress a small area of Tennesse, located Appalachian Mountain range. These Mountains are very dense and provide defense for the State of Franklin. Franklin's capital is Knoxville, Franklin which lies on the Holston River which connects to the Cherokee Lake which leads to Kingsport,Fraklin.