I have decided to create a small history of the neighbors of Texas. Subject to change should a player decide to take a region or the mod decides he wants to change it.
Dixie: Dixie started as an Chinese colony but due to the heavy slave trade, the Africans quickly found themselves in a superior position and gained independence and settled most of the south, from Virginia to Florida, even going all the way to east Texas. Dixie was for a time the preeminent power of North America, boasting the largest population of any country in North America, including the colonies of European countries. During the Texan Revolution their power had been in decline as several other nations expanded their borders and consolidated their power base. With the Texan Revolution done and a new threat on their western border Dixie agreed to a friendship when it became obvious that the Syndicate to the north wanted to subjugate them. Texas supported Dixie and after a bloody 6 year struggle all powers involved agreed it was best if hostilities ceased, so peace was signed and Texas received Louisiana and Mississippi as payment from Dixie for using Texan forces. Several years later the Caribbean Federation decided they wanted Florida, so war resumed again. This time, to support their war, Dixie sold Arkansas to Texas for a tidy sum, which prolonged the war for another 2 years before Dixie finally admitted defeat and ceded Florida. Ever since Dixie has been supported by Texas, even though Texas didn't always seem to be looking out for their best interests.
Cheyenne Tribal Federation: The Cheyenne Warriors were fierce people, while they may fight with bows and arrows and with a steep and proud military tradition they continued to defy the white people and their modern guns and equipment. If it wasn't for the support of a modern Apache Nation the Cheyenne may have become a footnote of history. With modern guns and equipment, along with Texan trained Apache Warriors, the Cheyenne stopped the Syndicate and continued to retain the Great Plains which comprises of the region which holds the modern states of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and North and South Dakota. The Tribal Federation of the Cheyenne may still retain their old ways and are still considered a backwater nation by other nations, they are still a tough and proud people who hold a strategic part of the continent.
Apache Nation (Dependent of Texas): The Apache Nation are a dependent nation of Texas, the Apache still adhere to Federal Texas Law and still pay taxes to Texas but they run their Nation as an independent entity free of Texan Political influence. The Apache have their own military force, though smaller than those of Texas it belongs to the Apache and is staffed by Apache with Texan educated Apache Generals. Anyone who visits Apache Nation would see little trace of Texas if any and many proud warriors would say they were free people. Unlike their Cheyenne brothers these warriors are modern, they have been schooled in the art of warfare by Texan troops and their generals are the equal of the best Texas has. The only thing keeping the Apache in Texas' protection is the fact that they are small and their small force would not stand long against nations in Mexico or even Texas itself. And why would they leave, Texas grants them every thing they want, their own self governing body? Done. Their own police force? Done. Of course Texas does have their own demands, but the Apache feel the balance is fair and a long cooperative friendship has blossomed.
I decided to hold off any on the West Coast, or those centered in the Rockies, as well as any in Mexico for now. I might do those later if nobody claims those.
Empire/Optical (Grounder, Industrious)
