Many people forecasted the end of the United States of America when the federal government defaulted on their loans and the Second Great Depression swept across the globe. Those people did not reckon with political entities like the Republic of Texas or the other State governments who stepped out of the wreckage with renewed missions of their own. Federal military units were forced to count on those States for support and quickly became effective or official members of the State Guards. And those that signed up with Texas began hunting the drug cartels down. They became headline news across America, and real life members of the Texas Guard were immortalized as children’s action figures. It is ironic that the fall of the federal government gave America something to cheer about.