What happens when big business threatens to turn your quaint New Hampshire community into a mining field? You find every loophole you can and secede from the country that governs you. That's what happens to the inhabitants of Greylock in the new The CW series The Republic of Sarah. The initiative, led by high school teacher Sarah Cooper (Stella Baker), is an interesting premise for anyone with a love of civics and comes from Jeffrey Paul King, who also executive produces the series. It was his fascination with cultural geography that birthed the series. "I was finishing my run on Elementary and looking to get something on the air," he explained while recently promoting the show. "The idea of building a country always intrigued me, and as far as an interesting engine for episodes, there's an endless number of things you have to deal with.
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