A Whole Other Country delves into the creation and bloody dissolution of the Republic of Texas, a short-lived secessionist “nation” that flourished in an off-grid community in Far West Texas in the 1990s. Reported by Zoe Kurland, the six-part documentary series traces the story of Rick McLaren, a Texas transplant who started out as an aspiring vintner before becoming the frantic, history-obsessed leader of the Republic of Texas. To investigate what happened, Zoe drives the long, bumpy roads to The Davis Mountains Resort, a rural subdivision, to talk to a cast of Rick’s neighbors and onlookers who watched the story of the standoff play out in real time.