The People's Republic of Texas and Arizona is a large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, complete lack of prisons, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 56 million Americans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.3%.

The very strong American economy, worth 3.66 trillion United States Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Gambling, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 65,310 United States Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 9.3 times as much as the poorest.

Historical fiction has been banned, cricket farmers use magnifying glasses to fit every member of their herd with tiny tracking tags, a recent political speech drew the ire of nerds everywhere after the speaker claimed that Darth Vader was Harry Potter's father, and most American video games are banned in other countries. Crime is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Texas and Arizona's national animal is the Armadillo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Texas and Arizona is ranked 123,824^th in the world and 3,459^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 65 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.