Respect Texas? The state where you can shoot some and don't have to report it,
Sounds to me like a good reason for respecting Texas.
In 2077, Texas produces some of the most powerful and technologically advanced handguns in the world. And they all know how to use them, gaining proficiency and a +1 To Hit bonus.
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Also, after watching the Colbert Report on how to have a good civil war, I was thinking that in order to make the MWWG world's Second (US) Civil War more interesting, I'd have to come up with more interesting military uniforms than are typical in today's armies. Perhaps with heat-seeking and other intelligent weapons, camaflauge would be a lot less important, so the Texas Militia would have costumes similar to the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.
Although the national army of the Second Confederation might wear a uniform based on a black "slingshot thong" with white stars, and an orange bra, gloves and boots. After all, those southern states would be more strongly affected by global warming than the northern states, where temperatures could still be comfortable for part of the year and women might even have to wear shirts in the winter.
Plus, 2077 Texas provides plenty of opportunities for battles between cowgirls vs Indians, cowgirls vs flying saucers, cowgirls vs demons, cowgirls vs dinosaurs, cowgirls vs jaguar-worshipping priestesses, cowgirls vs renegade nuns from Mexico, and even cowgirls vs other cowgirls.
And taking the Texas Rangers from the Deadlands D20 sourcebook, the Japanese demon-hunters would be very interested in getting their hands on a copy of their supernatural hunting handbook.