If you thought the north was bad, you have not seen the south. Down there everyone is crude, their language indecipherable and their mannerisms are barbaric. The land is inhospitable jungle full of wild beasts, barren desert, or nasty swamps full of crocodiles (sometimes it has all of the above). Also, don't go swimming: there are sharks, or worse. A Supertrope of the Deep South and South of the Border, sister trope to Grim Up North. Examples of The Savage South include: