The Prairie of OldTexas is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, public floggings, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 44.121 billion OldTexans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Social Policy and Environment not funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.3%.

The powerhouse OldTexan economy, worth a remarkable 6,967 trillion Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 157,918 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,013,405 per year while the poor average 10,017, a ratio of 101 to 1.

Senior citizens can usually be found doing heavy manual labour, the streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars, torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals, and military spending is on the increase. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. OldTexas's national animal is the Armadillo, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

OldTexas is ranked 247,755^th in the world and 8,733^rd in Lazarus for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 45.7 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.