The Democratic Republic of Texian Ranch 06 is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, national health service, and public floggings. The hard-nosed population of 11.778 billion Texian Ranchers have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 67.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Texian economy, worth 857 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 72,829 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists recently cloned the long-extinct feather-bellied emu, political talk shows often have children as guests whenever they need commentary on world religions, nature magazines featuring stick insects on their covers are sometimes mistaken for fashion magazines, and returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Texian Ranch 06's national animal is the emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Texian Ranch 06 is ranked 22,888^th in the world and 25^th in Chicken overlords for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 4,907.06 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.