The Democratic People's Republic of The Soviet Texas Union is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Supreme Marshal Marky Z Thorpe with an even hand, and notable for its digital currency, smutty television, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 11.125 billion Soviet Texans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sokovia. The average income tax rate is 93.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Soviet Texan economy, worth a remarkable 2,003 trillion denars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 180,075 denars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Adults pretending to be teenage girls claim to have wholesome motives, Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, the Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent, and elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation. Crime is totally unknown. The Soviet Texas Union's national animal is the Bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Vrodrinism.

The Soviet Texas Union is ranked 34,355^th in the world and 510^th in The East Pacific for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 5,406.23 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.