The American State Tennessee is nicknamed as `The Volunteer State’ and situated in the South region of the USA and is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. Tennessee's climate is generally temperate, with warm summers and mild winters. Summers are humid in the west and winters are severe in the mountainous east. The most significant components of Tennessee’s gross state product are industrialized goods, wholesale and retail trade, services and finance, insurance and real estate, while agriculture and tourism are also valuable economic activities.

Tennessee is a state of the South Region of the United States. The word "Tennessee" was first used by Captain Juan Pardo, a Spanish explorer, when he and his men went through a population of Native Americans called "Tanasqui" in 1567 while traveling inland from the current South Carolina. The territory of Tennessee is bordered by 8 other states (more than any other state) bounded on the north by Kentucky and Virginia, east to North Carolina, south to Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, and west to Arkansas and Missouri. Tennessee stands at 91% of average national income per capita.