I dont have time to post pictures right now, but ill give you the info.
Name: Republic of Texas
Leader: Corbie Kitaal
Home Planet: Texas
Icon: Texas Flag (the "american" looking flag)
Story:
It goes like this. 50 years from now, everything is going to fall apart in the middle east.. its going to cost millions of lives and will bring earth to its breaking point. The good news is that this will be the first step towards a unified Earth, as all countries come together for the greater good, the bad news is that everyone blames this catastrophy on Dubya Bush. The United states, under pressure from other countries, passes laws that restrict Texans from holding public office.
At this turn of events, Texas decides its time to move away from the United states. Texas had progressed over the last year from the largest source of energy in the US, to the ONLY source of energy in the US, and so, when this law is passed, Texas flips the switch.
While the rest of the United States is fumbling around in the dark, Texas gets in touch with their long time business partners in the middle east, and an invasion of the US is set in motion.
Long story short, The United States becomes The Republic of Texas. Upon gaining control of North America.. the Texas government changes to a dictatorship. The borders are closed and all connections to the outside world are shut off. A large defensive program is put into effect to protect The Republic from outside intrusion and invasion, and..basicly..no one comes into Texas and no one leaves Texas for about 20 years.
In 2076, the borders are reopened and the world is amazed to see that behind their walls, The Republic of Texas was creating a utopian society. They had discovered cold fusion, and the limitless supply of energy had allowed them to advance far beyond any other country on Earth.
The rest of Earth.. having experienced 20 years of peace and relative prosperity, did not have the military strength to put up any kind of fight, and before long, Earth was renamed "Texas".
However... The Republic of Texas quickly grew weary of the whining and bickering of their newly oppressed, weaker nations.. and decided that Earth had become a boring and primitive place. They longed to continue their utopian existance behind closed doors, and wished they had never revealed themselves to the rest of the world.
So they made a choice.. they constructed a ship, though it wasnt capable of the kind of travel that Hyperdrive would later allow. But they packed in all the Texans who wanted to leave, and flew to Mars.
Again...long story short...
They began terraforming mars.. creating a new Texas.. things were going fairly well until Hyperdrive was discovered on Earth, using the Fusion technology they had left behind, and the stargate technology. Seeing an opportunity, the Texans sent a emmisary to earth and got in touch with the leftover Republic of Texas supporters, and acquired the design specifications.
Constructing their own Hyperdrive ship, the Texans set off into space and found an Earth-like Planet. They named it Texas, and that is where the story starts for me in the game.
Its not very well written.. thats cause right now its still an outline hehe. Once I finish my English degree, I may actually turn it into a Sci/Fi novel

.. Texans would read it hehe.
Anyway.. going with the Texan Theme.. my ships have names like:
Lonesome Dove: My scout ship
Texas Ranger: My small fighter
Longhorn: My medium fighter
Alamo Class: my large fighter
Texas Pride: my huge fighter
and I make up names for other designs as I go. ive had the Goliad class, the Mathew McConaghey(sp)...so on and so forth.
All my planets are named after cities in Texas.