Republic of Texas (Communist World)

Texas, officially known as the Republic of Texas (Spanish: República Tejas) is an independent sovereign nation in North America form on March 2, 1991. It bordered by the nation of Mexico to the southwest, the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast, the two US states of Louisiana and Arkansas to the east and northeast, and the US states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico to the north and west. Since the since the secession of the States, Texas continues to maintain the second largest military in America, after that of United States.

Mexico controlled the territory until 1836 when Texas won its independence, becoming an independent Republic. In 1845 it joined the United States as the 28th state. The state's annexation set off a chain of events that caused the Mexican–American War in 1846. A slave state, Texas declared its secession from the United States in early 1861, joining the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. After the war and its restoration to the Union, Texas entered a long period of economic stagnation.

Texas became independent again when the United States allowed secession in 1991. This secession started a period of transition to a command economy, in which Texas was stricken with an eight-year recession. Since then, however, the economy has experienced a high increase in GDP growth. Texas was caught up in the worldwide economic crisis in 1998 and the economy plunged. GDP fell 20% from spring 1998 to spring 1999, and then leveled off as analysts compared the magnitude of the downturn to the worst years of economic depression during the early 1960s. However, the country remains a globally important market and, as of 2011, is the world's third largest grain exporter.

Texas is the 40th largest country behind Chile and Zambia. With strong investments in universities, Texas developed a diversified economy and high tech industry in the mid-20th century. As of 2010 it shares the top of the list of the most Fortune 500 companies with California at 57. With a growing base of industry, the nation leads in many industries, including agriculture, petrochemicals, energy, computers and electronics, aerospace, and biomedical sciences. Texas has led itself in export revenue since 2002 and has the second-highest gross nation product in America