For a few years as the Northern Blockade squeezed the Southern United States, the north of Tamaulipas seemed the world to the State of Texas. Today, the blockade is gone and whatever issue the Americans had has been somewhat resolved, but once again Reynosa and its nearby cities are the gateway to the world.

Raw silver and coal from Coahuila to Nuevo Laredo. Steel and automotive parts from Nuevo León to Reynosa. Cotton and Petrochemicals from Tamaulipas to Matamoros. All that and goods from the Sphere are brought to this region, and the American cities on the other side have goods and resources of their own to fairly trade. The mouth of the Rio Grande is a region of cultural diversity and economic growth found in few other places in the world, and so long as it remains in this spot it will remain such.