Republic of Texas

Welcome to Texas, Cowpokes!

Subsidiary-Vice President

* Arnold Schwarzeneggar (*The Simpsons Movie*)

National Speaker

* Mays Gilliam (*Head of State*)

National Justice

* Kenneth Jukichi Yamaoka (*Eagle*)

The **Republic of Texas**, mostly called **Texas States** or just simply **Texas**, is one of the nine nation states in the United Nation States of America. It is home to various alien species and cowboys after the apocalypse yet still have a few zombies and hostile aliens roaming in many remote regions. It is also known for being the most liberal nation state with the people being ferociously independent and live just one step away from anarchy.

## History

### During Apocalypse

During the apocalypse, the states of Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico got more than just zombies to deal with. Various aliens species came through various means such as space ships or dimensional portals with a high concentration of them in New Mexico. The Black Mesa Research Facility, colloquially known as Black Mesa, appeared out in the desert with various aliens pouring out such as Headcrabs, Race X species, Vortigaunts, Bullsquids, and many other such aliens from Half-Life. Various alien crafts crash land in Roswell with numerous species coming out with many fighting each other with many at the town taking cover and arming themselves to protect their community. Even stranger when cowboys and Native American tribes came to join the fight. Although, mythical creatures such as Skinwalkers, Tsanahale and Siats have been seen with Thunderbirds flying high in the sky.

Oklahoma gets beset by aliens from the 2006 Prey video game with races from the Sphere coming in from crashed dropships while fighting the Chimera from Resistance. Bonnie and Clyde, in various forms, have been seen robbing every bank they can break in and rob it. There was also a strange mass hallucination with people saying something about bugs being everywhere. Ghosts from Ghostbusters: Afterlife started pestering every living thing they can find with hailstorms and tornadoes tearing everything up. There are also a few vampires lurking in a few small towns as they also avoid something called, the Splinter Fungus, from the horror movie, Splinter, as it turns people into hyper-aggressive, splinter covered, zombie-like monsters.

Arkansas didn't suffer much with the exception of a few serial killers, gangs and criminals from various medias fighting each other, local military forces, and many cowboys and Native American tribes. Yet in the swamps, many Sasquatches roam these environments that are called, Boggy Creek Monsters. They keep their distances from the towns but attack strange, spike covered sharks that lurk in the waters.

Texas gets invaded by creatures called, Deadsiders, from the Deadside from the Shadow Man comics and games. Some terrorist group from Amerigeddon started an EMP attack on the Texan power grid that caused blackouts. A company called, First Live, Inc., takes residence in a town that appeared out of no where called, Ulmeyda InterCity, in the desert. It is lead by a man in an anti-infection suit called, Andrei Ulmeyda, that also has fanatical cult members that worship him. Genetically mutated bats plague the skies that target humans and drain them of their blood. Even worse with various forms of Leatherface from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre started attacking everything with their chainsaws. Although, since it is Texas, people start shooting every evil thing in sight with whatever guns they're armed with. They also had help from Pecos Bill, Walker the Texas Ranger, Ghost Rider, Knight Rider, Michael LeRoi, and some characters from Samurai Shodown. Even stranger with the C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa helping out.

### After Phase I

People started to reorganize after defeating many threats and some help from a few friendly species and species that escaped to freedom. It took weeks to get things settled as the Republic of Texas was formed on October 19th of 2020 with Pecos Bill as president as he started shooting stars up in the sky. Everyone celebrated by killing what remains of the undead, the predator bats, hostile aliens, and a few other things that would attack people while guzzling beer and enjoying some barbecue Headcrabs.

Yet the celebration was cut short when Joe Biden came in with an offer. They hope to unite the smaller nations into a new nation known as, The United Nation States of America. The Republic of Texas will be granted autonomy as long as they're willing to take part in the new nation. Although, Pecos Bill passed out drunk during the meeting from his whiskey. So, Arnold Schwarzeneggar from the Simpsons Movie stepped up and agreed.

### Phase II

When the galaxy got bigger and the real universe became more crowded, a consecutive order was given to have all micronations to be deported to other worlds. Some people went as far as hunt down members of the micronations and force them out at gunpoint with the promise of two barrels of whiskey and scotch each for every micronation they kick out.

## Society

Much of the Republic of Texas is pretty much like the wild west in the old days with everyone armed with all sorts of weapons and militias protecting their communities with the Texas Rangers from any remaining threats still lingering. From the outside; people think of them as paranoid, alcohol guzzling, gun toting anarchists that are armed to the teeth and will shoot anything. In truth, they are a friendly people as long as you don't shoot first. Even friendly towards allied alien species that helped them fight against the apocalypse.

Houston has become a major spaceport with various aliens and other starships coming in while bringing some of their own cultures to blend in with the wild western cowboys. Black Mesa has been transformed from a research facility to an underground city that is home to the Vortigaunts that have settled there as they farm Headcrabs and Antlions, research the technology that caused the apocalypse, cultivating Xen Fungus and creating Xen Healing Pools, and manufacture more guns to trade. Roswell became a new city yet comprised of various ships that make up all the structures in this new city as it becomes a port for smaller vessels.

Austin has become a pretty popular place for the races of Remnant, humans and Faunus. This is due to the fact that the series where they are from, RWBY, is home to their creators. It is considered a holy land to them as they give their appreciation to their "gods" that made them. Although, some Faunus didn't like the fact they were mistreated by the humans of Remnant and don't like their creators at all. Understandable given the fictional history between humans and Faunus.

Otaku culture has also been widely accepted into the republic since it is home to Funimation and Sentai Filmworks that do the English dubbing of Japanese anime. You can find many cities having various anime shops as well as anime characters that speak English in many areas.

## Economy

Most of the Republic of Texas' economy comes largely from agriculture. Many include livestock such as cattle, chicken, pigs and some new sources of meat. One of the biggest is the Barbecow from Toriko. A type of bovine that gives off the scent of barbecue sauce from its body, making them quite enticing. They even imported the Barbecow's primary food source, Hamburgrass, in order to maintain the Barbecow's taste and scent. Although, there are some Meat Trees growing in certain areas for beginners at agriculture and produce some naturally growing meat.

Although new crops have come into play such as Jhef and Waterplums. Jhef is a form of red wheat that is used in delicious baked goods. Waterplums have become a very tasty fruit among the populace that can be made into various desserts and can withstand some harsh, dry conditions after some genetic tampering. They also taste good when baked into a pie made with Jhef flour.

Even after the apocalypse, Funimation & Sentai Filmworks continue making English dubbed animes imported from Japan. A lot of people, including alien species, have accepted otaku culture. Even anime characters come to visit to pay homage to the people that give them English voices.

## Government

The government of the Republic of Texas is a federal democratic republic. It is headed by the subsidiary president who has a strong authority along with the Cabinet. But as a member of the UNSA, it does have to follow the president along with the UNSA cabinet. But not a lot of people trust bureaucracy and politics since they believe that they would interfere with everyone's independence and free spirit. As a matter of fact, the whole place will become an anarchic state if politicians are not careful.

However, despite things on the edge of anarchy, there is a special judicial branch of the government that keeps order in the republic. They are known as the Texan Rangers. They help out with various communities as well as shot down bad guys. They are lead by Cordell Walker from Walker, Texas Ranger. So think Chuck Norris as a badass Ranger Chief that also teaches martial arts. People trust them more than the official government.

## Military

The military is comprised of not only humans, but also various aliens. With their technology, they have the most advance weapons, vehicles and gear that have also been reversed engineer for human use including hostile aliens that were defeated. This includes the Bullseye gun from Resistance that the Chimera had that fires a homing tag that allows the rounds to hit their target no matter where they hide, the ID-77 Ion Detonator from Destroy All Humans! that Furons use to cause massive disintegration and destruction that also act as a grenade launcher, the plasma sniper rifle from The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, and various living weapons from Half-Life such as the Spore Launcher, Hivehand, and Shock Roach.

Even the vehicles have some form of alien tech mixed in and reversed engineer. The M1 Abrams tanks in the four states have been modified to be sexpedal walkers armed with either an artillery plasma cannon or a photon cannon. The Humvees can now hover over the field for speed and maneuverability while armed with a laser version of the M2 Browning with rapid fire action. The helicopters are replaces with VTOLs with anti-gravity lifters and rapid-fire plasma cannons. Some of them even had proton torpedo launchers as a substitute for missiles. The Predator Drones have been modified with cloaking devices and mute devices to become silent killers that fire powerful plasma missiles. Or even worse, mini-nukes. Much of the military even rivals that of the Republic of Pacifica's Erebus Dreadnoughts but on a smaller scale or any nation that has the Brotherhood of Steel or anything New Vegas' Securitrons can throw.

## Trivia

* The flag is from Shattered Union that belongs to the Republic of Texas, the same name as the nation state. Like the one from the game, the people are ferociously independent and close to anarchy.
* Texas is the only known state to have companies that can translate Japanese anime and produce them in English.
* Roswell, New Mexico is highly famous (or infamous) for the UFO crash of 1947. As a result, many spacecrafts landed there.