South Texas (1983: Doomsday)

Southern Texas is the location of two major city-states which survived Doomsday - the Republica de Dos Laredos and the Rio Grande Valley Republic. The State of South Texas also exists.

All three entities are heavily dependent upon Mexico and secondarily on each other economically, despite a history of ongoing tensions between Dos Laredos and the other two nations.

The Republica de Dos Laredos, heavily Hispanic, is officially independent but has gone back and forth several times between claiming itself to be a part of Mexico and claiming its own sovereignty. The illegal drug trade, a thorn in the side of Mexico and West Texas, is said to be headquartered here. It emcompasses former Webb and Zapata counties and the old Mexican city of Laredo.

The Rio Grande Valley Republic is a bicameral republic modeled after the old state of Texas and the former United States. Allegiance to the US is high here, even after the American Provisional Administration refused to return to the region before disbanding in the mid-1990s. Nine out of ten residents are believed to be in favor of unification with West Texas, eastern Texas and northern Texas into a single Republic of Texas. RGV consists of the former Texas counties of Starr, Hidalgo and Cameron and its capital is Edinburg. McAllen, Harlingen and Rio Grande City are the major cities. Port Isabel is the largest active port of call in the former U.S. on the Gulf of Mexico, and operates as a major trade port for RGV, South Texas, Dos Laredos, West Texas and other regional nations.

The State of South Texas stretches from the outskirts of former Del Rio and San Antonio in its north to South Padre Island on the Gulf of Mexico. It operates as a de facto successor to the former state of Texas; its capital is the town of Hebbronville, which is also its largest city.

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