The United States of Texas States is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Sir Howdy with an even hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 5.739 billion Texans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lone Star City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Texan economy, worth 960 trillion 1000 Tons of Gold a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 167,427 1000 Tons of Gold, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Big Agriculture has the government by the nuts, passwords to nuclear codes must now contain upper and lower case characters, the "do ya feel lucky, punk?" scene is on the core syllabus at the National Police Academy, and the rich tend their gardens inside gated urban farming communities. 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 12,877^th in the world and 752^nd in The North Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 88.58 on the Human Development Index.