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I know lots of euro bros are showing how long their country is, but I think the point is that Texas is a state, not country. When you compare those things it's quite impressive, however still not even the largest state in the world. Here are some others. A nice drive from Anchorage to Prudhoe Bay will cost you 17 hours, or in Amazonas, Brazil, Manaus to Cruzeiro do Sul is 33 hours.
To the guy who annexed Arizona into California in order to beat Texas, shame.
But heres the thing we don't really have states we have countries
Most European nations still have some form of provinces/states. Even itty bitty Switzerland is made up of a bunch of different Cantons.
26 cantons (states, its a confederacy), four languages, many dialects. You could fit nearly 17 Switzerlands into Texas. (Not nearly as much if you press it flat first ;-) )