The Ozarks

The Ozarks are a physiographic and geological highland region of the central United States. It extends from southern Missouri westward into northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas. The areas are known for being sparsley populated, unlike Chicago which is a major city and heavily populated urban area. It is known for being old-fashioned and quaint, more focused on small town living and self sufficiency rather than capitalist America.

Raised high on a plateau called "The Ozark Plateau", which features the Boston Mountains; the highest section of the Ozarks. This section is around 20-35 miles wide and 200 miles long, surrounded by the Salem Plateau to the north and the Arkansas River Valley to the south. 

The Saint Francois Mountain range is the geological core of the highland dome. Igneous and volcanic rocks of the mountains formed from the remains of a Proterozoic mountain range long ago. This uncommon occurrence suggests that the Ozarks were above sea level for several hundred million years from the Precambrian until the mid-Cambrian era. Traces of what once were minerals found in coral are exposed in the St. Francois mountains. 

Although The Ozarks do not contain a gigantic Metropolitan hub such as Chicago (other than St. Louis, Missouri of course), it has made economical advances in the past decades. Gigantic corporations such as Wal Mart and Tyson foods changed the rural image that the Ozarks are known for, and now these two companies distribute all around the country, with both companies becoming household names in modern America.