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Most Influential: 40th Most World Assembly Endorsements: 105th Most Nations: 315th+25
Largest Black Market: 795th Highest Economic Output: 824th Highest Disposable Incomes: 1,271st Most Valuable International Artwork: 1,388th Highest Wealthy Incomes: 1,426th Most Cultured: 1,783rd Most Corrupt Governments: 1,804th Most Devout: 1,816th Fattest Citizens: 2,150th Most Avoided: 2,245th Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 2,277th Smartest Citizens: 2,305th Most Beautiful Environments: 2,345th Highest Average Incomes: 2,383rd Largest Manufacturing Sector: 2,430th Largest Information Technology Sector: 2,483rd Most Advanced Defense Forces: 2,520th Most Scientifically Advanced: 2,548th Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 2,561st Rudest Citizens: 2,577th Largest Retail Industry: 2,596th Most Armed: 2,613th Largest Populations: 2,617th Most Eco-Friendly Governments: 2,656th Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 2,753rd
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Howdy, Welcome y Bienvenidos to Texas - a proud member of the Non-Crappy Region Network™!

Texas, founded in 2002, is a large friendly region where freedom is considered one of its greatest resources. Texas is a proud region and home to many diverse nations. We are always welcoming new nations. Texas also has a Government, Constitution, Elections and many inter-regional Sporting Events. Come on down!


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    Texas Birthday List

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    The Texas Constitution

    BulletinPolicy by NewTexas . 1,729 reads.

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    The Texas Defense Forces FAQ

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    The Texas Ambassador Corps FAQ

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Embassies: Wysteria, The Heartland, 10000 Islands, Antarctic Oasis, North Pacific, The Black Market, Kittens Sanctuary, Global Right Alliance, Spiritus, Renegade Islands Alliance, Nasicournia, The Exodus, Gay, Forest, Philosophy 115, the Rejected Realms, and 13 others.Valhalla, belgium, International Democratic Union, New Warsaw Pact, Liberty Alliance, India, Sonindia, Force, Philosophers, New Western Atlantic, Canada, Arkansas, and Alcris.

Tags: Commended, Defender, Featured, Large, Map, Multi-Species, National Sovereigntist, Offsite Forums, Regional Government, and World Assembly.

Regional Power: Very High

Texas contains 97 nations, the 315th most in the world.

Today's World Census Report

The Lowest Crime Rates in Texas

World Census agents attempted to lure citizens into committing various crimes in order to test the reluctance of citizens to break the law.

As a region, Texas is ranked 5,188th in the world for Lowest Crime Rates.

NationWA CategoryMotto
1.The Concordium of Independent PlanetsDemocratic Socialists Hell“Freedom above all”
2.The Galactic Empire of Gig em AggiesIron Fist Consumerists Champions of Commerce“Hullabaloo Caneck Caneck”
3.The Barnes-Free Conglomerate of Ewing Oil CoCompulsory Consumerist State Aspirational Worker State“In J.R. We Trust”
4.The Southeast Texan Republic of United States of WoodwardDemocratic Socialists Hell“God. People. Freedom.”
5.The Empire of GuastanPsychotic Dictatorship Communist Dictatorship“God is Gua”
6.The Holy Pink Morons of PatrickStarIron Fist Consumerists Champions of Commerce“All Hail The Magic Conch”
7.The Social Republic of Indian EmpireScandinavian Liberal Paradise Gay Marriage State“Kęrlighed, Forandring og Mod”
8.The Holy Empire of Richard IFather Knows Best State Suspiciously Liberal Dictatorship“Be sure to drink your Ovaltine®!”
9.The Spring Nation of Trecdom2Corrupt Dictatorship Corrupt Liberal Dictatorship“Qapla!”
10.The Progressive Union of Seeker AlphaLeft-Leaning College State Deluded Tax and Spend Hypocrites“Honor is everything; dogma is absurd!”
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Texas Regional Message Board

Well, that was unexpected. We have enjoyed your time here in Texas and all your posts and polls over the years, Tessa. We are sorry to see you go.

We have a little something for you:

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Happy trails to you, until we meet again.
Happy trails to you, keep smilin' until then.

Who cares about the clouds when we're together?
Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
Happy trails to you, 'till we meet again.

Some trails are happy ones,
Others are blue.
It's the way you ride the trail that counts,
Here's a happy one for you.

Happy trails to you, until we meet again.
Happy trails to you, keep smilin' until then.
Who cares about the clouds when we're together?
Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.

Happy trails to you, 'till we meet again.
(lyrics compliments of Roy Rogers, The Singing Cowboy)

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Please know, that you will always have a home in Texas, Tessa.

Coming on the heels of pie day, today is the Ides of March. So beware

***** Texas Saturday Breakfast *****

”Taco Sabado! Saturday Breakfast In Place time! Bring out the Drones! The NewTexas Happy Taco Stands, in conjunction with the NewTexas Incendiary Corporation, has approximately 1 trillion of the fastest, lightest drones you have ever seen. This fleet is specially designed to deliver tacos to every man, woman, child, whatever, in Texas, all 2,294,301,000,000 of you.

Today's special breakfast will Saturday Frijoles con Tocino Breakfast Tacos [COVID-19 Week CXCIX Edition]! The Head Chef at The Big Tex Happy Taco Stands of NewTexas is rolling, rolling, rolling as they bust out yet another new one just for Texans everywhere! Today, the humble pinto bean returns! We simmered them all night long in a secret process (involving onion, jalapeńos, and bacon, but shhh), then smashed them in cast-iron skillets after the skillets had been used for frying up the crispiest, golden-brown, thin-sliced bacon you have ever seen. The result is an awesome batch of bacony-spicy refried beans. We generously smear that on a couple of hand-made corn tortillas, made by certified Texas Abuelitas with love, and pop on a slice of that incredible bacon. Esta listo!

Today's Special Salsa is not actually salsa but is - Queso - good and chunky queso made with serranos for a little heat. A sealed cup of Texas-made Longhorn Cheddar Jack cheese is also included in case you need a double cheese fix. And, a small cup of chopped onions is included for those who should so desire. The taco is hermetically sealed in a Stay-Warm® pouch that is wrapped in the same ol' aluminum foil we are all so familiar with for our breakfast taco. We are trying to keep it real, peeps. For your beverage accompaniment, a packet of Sanka, Tang and a Lipton Tea bag will be included with every delivery as well as salt and pepper and a napkin. Yes, it is different, but it works and you do not even have to leave your residence. Woo! And, watch out for the drones! Start your day off the right way; munch out and go back to sleep. You know you want to!®

Stay Safe Texas. Stay Well. Hang in there!

***** Texas Chat Reminder *****

The Texas Weekly Chat Session will be Saturday (TODAY) at High Noon Texas Time (CDT) ***Saturday***. And, if you can't be there right at Noon, that is Ok, Texas Chat usually runs 3, 4, or 5 hours with some Chats running as high as 7 or 8 hours.

The Texas Chat Site is here: http://texasregion.net/blab70/login.php

Please register with your nation name. This is an excellent opportunity for nations old and new to Texas to find out what is going on! We chat, debate, and talk about the weather, stuff we like, stuff we hate, random stuff, and more. But, it is never stuffy. Usually, it is about meeting your fellow Texans and discussing the latest and most interesting stuff in NationStates. But then again, sometimes NationStates does not even come up. It is wide-open chatting with peeps from around The World both IRL and NS. It is Texans, EuroTexans, WannabeTexans, ex-Texans, VirtualTexans, and plenty of Friends of Texans. We have it all and all are welcome.

We have added a new feature to Texas Chat, Texas Movie Chat! Chat with Texans while watching a movie. Fun stuff! So far we have watched Halloween, Shootout at the OK Corral, Red, and recently a few new Star Trek series episodes. Want to watch something together?

Texas Chat, 980 weeks and running! For the math-challenged, that is over 19½ years! Check it out! Good stuff!

Forest News

Howdy y'all!

One week has now passed since the close of the Nominations Poll, which means that Campaign Week is now over.

I am very pleased to announce the launch of our Forest Keeper Election Poll of March 2024! Our candidates are, in alphabetical order:

Atsvea
Belerus
Garbelia
Great Wadiya
LontraNutria
Republik Hintonia
Zerphen

This poll will run for three days, and will end with either the formal announcement of our next Forest Keeper (should a candidate secure 50% +1 of the validly-cast votes), or else with the immediate launch of the Runoff Poll (should no candidate secure a majority, in which case the top two nations will advance to a runoff).

Max a.k.a. Texas Jaguarundi
Texas' Ambassador to Forest

https://youtu.be/DquA6KyHTos?si=Q1_viot0W2wAVpPr

Happy St. Patrick's Day Texas

Everyone in South Texas enjoy the last bits of really nice weather before it turns into a hell of a heater for the summer. I have my final field days in the valley this week and I'm going to soak up the easy days in the scrub.

Are we doing March Madness brackets this year?

This article about Nippon Steel's bid to buy US Steel ot me to thinking about how this came to be.

In this nation, domestic steel production got so expensive that sometime in the 1980's it became cheaper to ship raw materials to the Pacific Rim, have those materials made into steel, and then ship that steel back here.

Let's set the Way-Back to the late 1960's. Japan was in need of more steel than they could produce. Japanese industrialists came to the US to look at US Steel production facilities with an eye toward buying. They toured Bethlehem Steel, among other plants. At that time, Bethlehem steel had a payroll just north of 5000 people.

The Japanese witnessed seven or eight people doing a job that should only take four. They saw processes from mixing to pouring that were done manually rather than automated. They discovered flaws and quality issues due to a lack of electronic and mechanical process controls.

Every inquiry the Japanese made about the above issues and more came down to union rules and requirements.

Those industrialists went back to Japan. They did not place any orders. Three years later the first of several behumouth steel mills opened on Osaka.

That first mill dwarfed Bethlehem by a factor of three. Fully automated with state of the art mixing and process control. That first mill opened with a payroll of 500 people. That was the beginning of the decline of US steel production.

Of course, the unions are screaming bloody murder over Nippon's acquisition of US Steel.

"I feel like they already haven't put America first, by selling out to a foreign entity," USW Local 1557 President Don Furko said.

No, Don, you did this to yourselves over the last 50 years or so.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/nippon-steel-says-us-steel-acquisition-wouldnt-cause-layoffs-plant-closures#&_intcmp=fnhpriver_4

By request of NewTexas at my last Texas Chat appearance, decided I would share my March bracket for the world to see!

https://i.imgur.com/3XYswPp.jpg

Iowa State over Gonzaga, if you don't want to copy-paste for my end title. MaIE and GrandmaIE haven't picked one yet, but I will share when they do!

Indian Empire wrote:By request of NewTexas at my last Texas Chat appearance, decided I would share my March bracket for the world to see!

https://i.imgur.com/3XYswPp.jpg

Iowa State over Gonzaga, if you don't want to copy-paste for my end title. MaIE and GrandmaIE haven't picked one yet, but I will share when they do!

By how much do you have A&M losing to Houston?

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