Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in the Middle East that borders Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest, and Syria to the west. The capital, Baghdad, is in the center of the country. Wikipedia

Texas is the second most populous and the second-largest of the 50 U.S. states in the United States of America, and the largest state in the 48 contiguous United States. Wikipedia