Hattiesburg is a city-state located in the southern portion of the former U.S. state of Mississippi. Hattiesburg was one of the few towns in its region that survived Doomsday. It was the capital of a provisional Mississippi state government that lasted from October 1983 through April 1986, then became an independent city-state that has lasted to the present. Johnny L. DuPree is the current mayor of Hattiesburg.