Texas (Texas, Our Texas)

Republic of Texas
República de TejasTimeline: Texas, Our Texas
OTL equivalent: United States of America
Republic of Texas ; República de TejasTimeline: Texas, Our Texas ; OTL equivalent: United States of America
	Coat of arms
	Motto: ; "The Lone Star in the Sky”
	Anthem: ; Texas, Our Texas;
Capital	Austin
Largest largest city	Houston
Official languages	English and Spanish
Demonym	Texan
Religion	Christianity (Protestant and Catholic)
Leaders
Legislature	Congress
History
Currency	Texan Dollar
Time zone	CTD -5
Drives on the	Right

The Republic of Texas or just Texas for short, is a sovereign state in North America. It is bordered by Mexico to the south and the United States to the north.

Texas has a long history, from being a Mexican State, then rebelling against said Mexicans, and establishing their own independence. Texas has gone through rough economic hardships, and has also experienced an era of communist rule, lasting from 1925 to 1952, where the communist-led government gave in to popular demands, and held national elections, in which they were voted out of office in favor of a different party. Today Texas is an oil-rich, and very wealthy country, and has been very successful. Texas has good relations with all of its neighbors, though relations with Mexico have been getting rough recently.

History[]

Background[]

Before the Texan Revolution, Texas (known as “Tejas” in Spanish) was a Mexican State. At this time, many illegal American immigrants were settling in Texas (the irony) and were also bringing their slaves with them to Mexico. This was a problem, not just the illegal immigrants, but the fact they were bringing slaves. You see, slavery was illegal in Mexico at this time, and these Anglo settlers who were not supposed to be there from the start bringing in their African slaves was basically undermining Mexican authority and governance in the region, and so, this had to be stopped.

Texan Revolution[]

The Mexican Government began to crack down on the illegal American immigrants in Tejas, and seized their land, distributing it to Mexican farmers. This, of course, infuriated the American Settlers, who saw this as Mexico challenging the USA. Not only was Mexico doing this, but Mexican soldiers were also going to plantations and freeing the slaves of the Americans, further creating conflict. At this point in time, Tejas was white majority, and thus, not fully Mexican, creating further problems. This, and other things, set the stage for a revolution.

With US support, on October 12, 1835, American settlers in Texas launched an armed rebellion against the Mexican government. The Americans took back their old lands from the government-placed Mexican farmers, and begin seizing territory rapidly. Soon, a good chunk of the state of Tejas was under rebel control, and the rebels declared a new state, the Republic of Texas. The rebels had many fortresses, these included the Alamo, an old Roman Catholic mission in San Antonio, a rebel outpost. The Mexican army under Santa Anna had surrounded the mission and began a 13 day siege...

Battle of the Alamo[]

Today, this historic battle is known as what ended the Texan Revolution, and gave Texas its sovereignty. The Alamo was being used a fortress by rebel soldiers during the Texan Revolution, and was put under a 13-day siege by Santa Anna’s forces on February 23, 1836. At this time, the rebels were ready for a fight, and had enough supplies to last them a lifetime in that fort, along with reinforcements nearby, the rebels were ready to battle and win against the Mexican Army. After 13 days of constant warfare, the Texan Rebels, with their arriving reinforcements, waved the Texan flag above the Alamo, beating back the Mexican Forces, and declared a victory for the Texan People!

Independence[]

The Defeat of Santa Anna’s Forces at the Alamo was the beginning of the end for Mexico. The Alamo had severely demoralized the Mexican Army, and caused many numerous defeats in smaller battles, which ended with Mexico losing the War, and Texas gaining its independence.

After Independence, American immigrants, now proud Texans, reclaimed their territory, or just bought new land, and begin to settle down. Little would the fledgling Republic of Texas know that great hardship would soon come....

Economic Collapse[]

Government[]

Texas is a Unitary Democratic Republic in North America. The government and basic rights of the Republic of Texas go by the foundation set by the Constitution of the Republic of Texas|Constitution of Texas. Texas is ranked by Freedom House as one of the freest countries in the world.

The government structure of Texas was built upon that of the US government system, and is almost entirely similar to the US system of government, with Texas having three separate branches of government: The Leglislative, The Executive, and Judicial Branches.

Executive[]

The Executive Branch of the Republic of Texas is where the President and his cabinet are a part of according to the constitution.

Ted Cruz is the current President of Texas, the current ruling party is the Nationalist Party. Ted Cruz was elected in 2015, and marked another victory for the Nationalist Party, a party which has been dominating Texan politics for over a decade now.

The President has a total of four years in office. This used to be three, but after a referendum, it was expanded to four. The president may also run for a second term in office, which again originally was not allowed by the Texas constitution but was once again changed due to Legislative action and demands from Texans.

The Executive Branch is in charge of representing the country, and making key issues on foreign affairs, domestic affairs, and military action.

Legislative[]

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Capitol Building of Texas, the meeting place of the Texan Congress