Location: Texas

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of United Republic of Texas is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Texas Red with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.871 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Commerce, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Austin. The average income tax rate is 43%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration industries.

The poor are often seen pale and dizzy after selling their blood to make ends meet, the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields, citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", and all artwork is carefully screened for offensive material. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. United Republic of Texas's national animal is the Armadillo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Texas Dollar.

United Republic of Texas is ranked 28th in Texas and 23,330th in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with 6 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and