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The Grand Republic of Texas [E35]

Kilani
09-01-2007, 21:10
The Grand Republic of Texas

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Demographics

Population: 13,523,000
Official Language(s): English
Dominant Ethnic Groups: Caucasian, African-American, Hispanic



Political Organization

Country Name
Official Title: The Grand Republic of Texas
Conventional: Texas, the Grand Republic or simply the Republic

Political System: Represenative Republic
Seat of Power: Houston, Texas
Constitution(s): Texas State Constitution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Constitution)
Legislature: Congress, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives

Head of State: President James V. Allred (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_V._Allred)
Head of Government: House Leader W. Lee O'Daniel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Lee_O%27Daniel)


Economics

Much of Texas' agriculture now comes from Missouri and Kansas, while it's co-ownership of New ORleans and it's multiple ports along the Gulf of Mexico means it has a brisk trade with the Carribean and the rest of the world.

However, Texas also has industry and large oil reserves, which it plans to use to it's full advantage, with a booming auto industry and increasing industrilization, as it can no longer depend on other states for manufactured goods.

Military

The Grand Republic maintains a small volounteer army, plus army air units. Many of them are either old US Army units that came over to the Texans or are simply renamed in the style of the old units.

On the naval front, the Republic currently has many small patrol craft, as well as a flotilla of destroyers. There are plans to add submarines, some cruisers and an aircraft carrier to the navy.

During times of war, the President is allowed to draft troops to increase the size of the military.

The military currently uses the Liberty Mk. 1 (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/havoc88/libertymk1.jpg) light tank as it's main armored vehicle, as well as armored scout cars.

The infantry use the time-tested Springfield 1903 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1903_Springfield_rifle) bolt-action rifle as their main weapon, along with the Thompson sub-machien gun and Browning Automatic Rifle as support weapons. The mainstay of their machine-gun arsenal is the M191 Browning machine gun.

ORBAT

Houston
2nd Army Interceptor Wing
1st Tactical Bomber Wing
1st Destroy Flotilla

Fort Hood
2nd Cavalry Division
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
1st Infantry Division "Big Red One"

New Orleans
25th Infantry Division
1st Army Interceptor Wing
2nd Tactical Bomber Wing
Navy Search and Rescue

Kansas City
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

Fort Griffinf
3rd Interceptor Wing
3rd Tactical Wing

Fort Sill
10th Infantry Division

St. Louis
5th Infantry Division

Santa Fe
10th Mountain Division

Lafayette
3rd Infantry Division