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sometexan. (talk | contribs) Created page with "'''Texas''', officially the '''"Republic of Texas"''' is a large nation centered around the Southern Great Plains of the North American continent, historically dominating areas east of California and west of Mississippi. It is bordered by Arizona to the west, Zion and America to the north, Mexico to the south, and Florida to the west. Texas is nicknamed the '''Lone Star State''' for the single star on it's flag, symbolic of it's status as an independent nation. It was f..." |
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Texas is nicknamed the '''Lone Star State''' for the single star on it's flag, symbolic of it's status as an independent nation. It was formerly known as the '''"Kingdom of Texas"''' from 2022 to 2024, when it began to don the Republic title. | Texas is nicknamed the '''Lone Star State''' for the single star on it's flag, symbolic of it's status as an independent nation. It was formerly known as the '''"Kingdom of Texas"''' from 2022 to 2024, when it began to don the Republic title. | ||
[[https://wiki.earthmc.net/wiki/Rio_Grande|Rio Grande]] was the first nation to control the areas that now make up Texas. Following a brief period under [[Aurora:Norway|Norway]] and a race for who would make Texas first, North_Paso properly formed the nation of "Texas" on May 22nd, 2022. During Texas's more than 6 years of existence, brief periods of foreign claims and incursions did happen, which included the | [[https://wiki.earthmc.net/wiki/Rio_Grande|Rio Grande]] was the first nation to control the areas that now make up Texas. Following a brief period under [[Aurora:Norway|Norway]] and a race for who would make Texas first, North_Paso properly formed the nation of "Texas" on May 22nd, 2022. During Texas's more than 6 years of existence, brief periods of foreign claims and incursions did happen, which included the Fannin Crisis and the [[https://wiki.earthmc.net/wiki/Great_American_War|Great American War]], but largely Texas has always held it's home territory. Texas now holds claim and control over most of the area claimed by the real-life [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Texas Republic of Texas]. | ||
The economy of Texas (prior to 2025) has been shaped by state-sanctioned gambling, land, maparts, and luxury goods industries. The gambling industry largely shaped Texas's image on early Aurora as a sort of "conman" with the creation of I WANT GOLD by users TheAmazing_Moe, Samisol, North_Paso, and BonZzil, which would later fund Texas's offensives during the Great American War. Beginning in middle-to-late Aurora, the creation of LivingHumanBeing's mapart shop (the largest by product) largely funded Texas's nation reserves, along with some other short-term products like netherite, heads, and banners. Houston on Aurora also had one of EarthMC's largest collection of farms, though many remain defunct. Texas on Nostra mostly gets it's income from selling small goods like heads, blocks, and other exports rather than using a nation spawn to do so. | The economy of Texas (prior to 2025) has been shaped by state-sanctioned gambling, land, maparts, and luxury goods industries. The gambling industry largely shaped Texas's image on early Aurora as a sort of "conman" with the creation of I WANT GOLD by users TheAmazing_Moe, Samisol, North_Paso, and BonZzil, which would later fund Texas's offensives during the Great American War. Beginning in middle-to-late Aurora, the creation of LivingHumanBeing's mapart shop (the largest by product) largely funded Texas's nation reserves, along with some other short-term products like netherite, heads, and banners. Houston on Aurora also had one of EarthMC's largest collection of farms, though many remain defunct. Texas on Nostra mostly gets it's income from selling small goods like heads, blocks, and other exports rather than using a nation spawn to do so. | ||
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The name ''Texas'' originates from the Caddo word "taysha", meaning friend or ally, which the Spaniards took as "Tejas", which evolved into "Texas", first being mentioned on provincial maps in 1821 as the "provincia de Texas". | The name ''Texas'' originates from the Caddo word "taysha", meaning friend or ally, which the Spaniards took as "Tejas", which evolved into "Texas", first being mentioned on provincial maps in 1821 as the "provincia de Texas". | ||
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===== Early Texas ===== | ===== Early Texas ===== | ||