The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 7,107 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. 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