The Republic of Texas and New Mexico is a massive, safe nation, notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 2.451 billion Texas and New Mexicans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Houston. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 75.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Texas and New Mexicoan economy, worth 331 trillion Silver Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 135,049 Silver Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

Organised sports are frowned upon as frivolous, when flight control tells pilots to alter course the usual reply is "No, YOU move!", happiness is all being miserable together, and it's not only teenagers who mess around with fake IDs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Texas and New Mexico's national animal is the Bull, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Texas and New Mexico is ranked 174,828^th in the world and 2^nd in The Cosmere for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 1,189.26 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.