Late to the party here, but I seem to remember Texas having oil.
Isn’t that similar to some middle eastern countries.
Yes.
Texas has it’s own oil, natural gas, coal, electrical grid, ports, lumber, farmland, fresh water sources, wineries, deserts, caverns, precious minerals, and even it’s own canyon (look up Palo Duro, it’s beautiful!).
We were our own country at one point.