The Republic of Port Aransas is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 3.435 billion Port Aransasians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Aransas. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Port Aransasian economy, worth 424 trillion Silver daggers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Retail, Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Gambling. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 123,653 Silver daggers, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 670,374 per year while the poor average 11,770, a ratio of 57.0 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, the new national mascot has to be wheeled onto the field of play, the government's fruit business reeks of rotting produce and corruption, and the government is paving paradises to put up parking lots. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Port Aransas's national animal is the Mustang, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Port Aransas is ranked 246,358^th in the world and 155^th in Texas for Smartest Citizens, with 8.43 quips per hour.