Texas

The Republic of Texas is an autonomous Free State within the New United States of America.

1990s - 2020s
Texas is notable for being the first of the Free States. They declared it in 1999 (renaming itself the Republic of Texas) after the government tried to control its weapons and, was officially recognized in 2000. Texas was followed by Alaska (2000), California (2002), Nevada (2003), and Utah (2014).

Texas Rangers (highway patrol) and the Texas National Guard have been unified into one peacekeeping command headquartered out of College Texas A&M, also it has problems with smuggling from Mexican Border.

2070s
By 2077, the Republic of Texas remained an autonomous Free State. Unlike the others, Texas didn't sign the Treaty of Unification after the War, retaining its full autonomy.

Following suicide bombings in New United States military bases in New Mexico and Oklahoma, President Rosalind Myers openly blamed Texas for the attacks and ordered retaliatory bombings on airports in the Texan cities of Wellington and El Paso. Both sides expressed a desire to avoid conflict, but bookies put the odds on a border war breaking out in the near future at 3-to-1.

Known settlements

 * Amarillo
 * Austin
 * Beaumont
 * College Station
 * Corpus Christi
 * Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
 * Dallas
 * Fort Worth
 * El Paso
 * Houston
 * Laredo
 * Lubbock (ghost town as of 2020)
 * McAllen
 * New Galveston
 * San Antonio
 * Sherman
 * Wellington

Other

 * Gulf Coast
 * Rio Grande