The United States of Texas States is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Sir Howdy with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory gun ownership, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 4.055 billion Texans are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lone Star City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Texan economy, worth 621 trillion 1000 Tons of Gold a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 153,318 1000 Tons of Gold, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 502,795 per year while the poor average 35,087, a ratio of 14.3 to 1.

Textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be, bicyclists are banned from major roads, trust-fund babies line up for places in community college, and artists regularly face criminal charges and art-burning parties are common. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Texas States's national animal is the Longhorn, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Texas States is ranked 37,211^th in the world and 1,960^th in The North Pacific for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 4,406.33 on the Hickory Productivity Index.