What kind of vegetation grow well in the climate and soils of the south ?

Cotton, soybean, and kudzu grow very well down here. So do all the summer vegetables like tomatoes, squash, melons, beans, peas. We can nearly grow it all.

Early in the story when tom finds an indian skull in the woods which he kicks in temper. the devil then makes his appearance and, as tom surveys him, he notices that the devil is neither "negro" nor "indian." in fact, he has a "swarthy" complexion and is "begrimed with soot."

Probably north korea if your family has decided to use only nuclear power.