The Community of East Texia is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its deadly medical pandemics, free-roaming dinosaurs, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 11.793 billion East Texians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tyler. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.3%.

The powerhouse East Texian economy, worth a remarkable 1,147 trillion shells a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 97,283 shells, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 571,902 per year while the poor average 7,711, a ratio of 74.2 to 1.

The government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, claiming to have performed the Heimlich Maneuver is a popular defense for assault charges, law schools are hurrying to teach the "prank defense" to their students, and even the most lowly council pen-pusher has the same political power as a senior minister. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. East Texia's national animal is the penguin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

East Texia is ranked 125,248^th in the world and 142^nd in Chicken overlords for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 1,463.25 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.