In canon 2300AD Texas is an independent country politicaly split between a pro-American Anglo population and a pro-Mexican Hispanic population.
The history has Texas being wrested from America by Mexico in 1999 during the Twilight War. However in 2099 Texas rebelled and fought and won its independence from Mexico and became a seperate nation for the first time since 1845. Hispanic factions rallied to attempt to bring Texas back into the Mexican fold, occupying and terrorizing much of western Texas for decades. Oil men and industry saw advantages in becoming an American state again and put political pressure on the new government. But even with these pressures, no one faction could get either a pro-Mexican or pro-American government into power, so Texas has remained independent. A brief coup was attempted by pro-Mexican radicals in 2230 who seized access into and out of Austin, the capital, in an attempt to flush out and replace the government. In great Texan tradition, however, Austin's citizens took up arms and effectively eliminated the rebellion's army units before loyal troops could arrive.
Geographically Texas has changed since the 20th Century. The southern border with Mexico remains the Rio Grande River and Louisiana borders to the east, but the northern and western borders have changed. Almost all of the Panhandle is now part of America (Oklahoma I think), probably due to it being firmly controlled by US forces and a largely Anglo militia during the Twilight War. The northern border with the US now largely follows the Red River. The western Trans-Pecos part of Texas has spread north following the Pecos River, and includes a sizeable part of south eastern New Mexico.
Culturally 2300AD Texas has been heavily influenced by Mexico rule with Spanish style architecture and flat low to the ground buildings predominating, and the country is bilingual. Oil and beef are still the main industries and economicaly Texas is influenced by America. Politicaly Mexico is still pissed over Texan independence and Mexico would be considered the main threat to Texan indepedence. The Texan military itself is definetly pro-American buying most of its equipment from America and training with US forces, and also with British Commonwealth forces from the UK, Canada, Australia and the Anglo-Carribean. The modern Texan Army has its roots the Texan Liberation Army and the National Guard units that deserted the Mexican Army at the end of the 21st Centrury. The current 49th Armoured Brigade was revived after independence and decends from the old US Texas National Guard 49th Armoured Division. The Texas Rangers still play a prominant role in Texan military and paramilitary circles as well as folklore.
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