Population | 44.11 billion |
Currency | Dollar |
Animal | Armadillo |
The Prairie of OldTexas is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 44.11 billion OldTexans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.
The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Social Policy and Environment not funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.3%.
The powerhouse OldTexan economy, worth a remarkable 6,965 trillion Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 157,918 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,013,405 per year while the poor average 10,017, a ratio of 101 to 1.
Senior citizens can usually be found doing heavy manual labour, the streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars, torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals, and military spending is on the increase. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. OldTexas's national animal is the Armadillo, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
OldTexas is ranked 282,187th in the world and 10,752nd in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 4.79 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : OldTexas was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Disposable Incomes.
- : OldTexas was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Economic Output, Highest Wealthy Incomes, and Highest Crime Rates and the Top 5% for Highest Disposable Incomes and Most Valuable International Artwork.
- : OldTexas's influence in Lazarus rose from "Zero" to "Shoeshiner".
- : OldTexas created a custom banner.
- : OldTexas altered its national flag.
- : OldTexas relocated from Balder to Lazarus.
- : OldTexas was refounded in Balder.
- : OldTexas ceased to exist in Lazarus.
- : OldTexas was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Avoided.
- : OldTexas was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Influential.