The Dictatorship of The Lonestar State is a large, socially progressive nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 56 million Lonestar Stateans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.5%.

The strong Lonestar Statean economy, worth 3.09 trillion XRPS a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 55,213 XRPS, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 357,403 per year while the poor average 3,419, a ratio of 104 to 1.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, employers may fire workers without giving any reason, women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms, and citizens with artificial limbs are forbidden to serve as beauty pageant judges. Crime is a problem. The Lonestar State's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

The Lonestar State is ranked 273,791^st in the world and 280^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -10.49 on the Clooney Contribution Index.