The Empire of The Continent of Tejas is a small, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 45 million Tejans 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 medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 24.4%.

The very strong Continent of Tejasian economy, worth 3.10 trillion Portraits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 68,783 Portraits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Blind dates reemerge as a necessary evil in the quest for love, convicted felons are forced into slavery for their crimes, citizens must pay to enjoy The Continent of Tejas's pristine beaches, and the possibility of gain causes universal pain. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Continent of Tejas's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

The Continent of Tejas is ranked 108,430^th in the world and 43^rd in Texas for Most Cultured, scoring 66 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.