If you think the great ending is outlandish heres some lore by u/texanfox36 Lore: Texas remains independent and the claims of their old lands are recognized and they won a war with Mexico expanding to the Pacific (and taking the lands of the former independence movements in Mexico ), The Oregon territory long disputed between The United Kingdom and the United States was given to Texas instead of given to one nation or split between the US and UK it was given to Texas , during the American Civil War the USA asked Texas to help in exchange for land they succeeded, Texas bought Alaska instead of the US
