Just 402 kilometers from north to south, ALABAMA ranges from the fast-flowing rivers, waterfalls and lakes of the Appalachian foothills to the subtropical bayous and white beaches of the Gulf Coast. Most of its industry is concentrated in the north, around slums and abandoned zones of Birmingham (Security Rating E), and the lower-middle class city of Huntsville (Security Rating B), first home of the nation's space program before AresSpace consolidated most of their assets in Cape Canaveral and Houston. (However, they still own the Space Camp here in Huntsville.) The sun-scorched farmlands of middle Alabama envelop sober Montgomery, the state capital, and home to many of the State’s politicos, it receives the best protection of any Alabama city (Security Rating AA). Away from the French-inf