Summary

Fiercely nationalistic, belligerent, and expansionist, the Empire of Texas sees the rest of the nations of North America as weak and culturally corrupt. It considers itself to be the greatest of kingdoms, and has, as its citizens love to point out, won every war it’s ever fought. Of course, it’s only fought wars against rather weak opponents, but that’s never mentioned. Texans are proud, loud, and staunchly conservative.

Includes: Texas, Oklahoma, most of New Mexico and Kansas, and parts of Louisiana

Borders: The Rio Grande River to the west and south, against Mexico; the Arkansas River to the north, against Intermountain; the Red River to the east, against Louisiana.

Capital: Austin

Language: English, though there is a large Spanish speaking minority

History

Texas carved out its independence from Mexico in 1836.

The nation is blatantly expansionist and has been gobbling up land from its neighbors since its inception. The Second Texan War pushed the new kingdom’s borders west to the Rio Grande. Texas famously sent its volunteers to fight during the Jacksonian Civil War that split the Dixie Alliance from Jacksonia—the largest and most powerful nation in North America at the time. Through threats of war and straight up bullying, Texas won land from Intermountain (formerly the Kingdom of the West) all the way to the Arkansas River.

Recently, a heated debate with neighboring Louisiana over tariffs on Mississippi River goods exploded into the Nine Days War. In Nine Days, Texas shattered the Louisianan army, advanced all the way to the confluence of the Red and Mississippi Rivers, and occupied New Orleans. The move essentially landlocked Louisiana and was a near-crippling blow to the already declining nation. Texas remains in control of New Orleans despite continent-wide sanctions and disapproval. Now in control of all Mississippi River traffic, Texas hardly cares.

Rulers

The House of Austin ruled for the first hundred years or so, often intermarrying with the Houstons (and a few leftover Mexican royalists).

Relations

Texas makes no apologies for itself, and thus has no real allies. Aside from Dixie Alliance, none of the other nations of North America are friendly towards Texas, which Texas actually prides itself on.