Mexico

**Mexico**, officially the **United Mexican States**, is a country in the southern portion of North Arizores. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. It is the world's second largest country by total area. It has the world's longest coastline (a border with water). Two of the thirteen commonwealths within the Great Frontier are part of Mexico. These commonwealths are Sierra and Chupacabra. With a population of almost 13.6 million, it is the 10th-most-populous country and has the most Spanish speakers. Mexico is organized as a federal republic comprising 20 states and Mexico City, its capital.

## Population

### GDP

136,685,047,240

It is one of two countries feature in the Great Frontier. The other is the United States.

## Description

Mexico is featured extensively in the Great Frontier, and plays a prominent role in the development, history and safety of the Great Frontier. The U.S. territories of Orgullo, Teloma and South Victoria were once part of Mexico. A heavy Mexican influence remains in the territories. The two Mexican states of Sierra and Chupacabra are both troubled. Cattle rustling is a big crime there. It was confirmed that another state in the Great Frontier, which is part of Mexico, existed. This state is Carrillo Bajo Sur.

## History

In 1521, the Spanish Empire and its indigenous allies conquered the Aztec Empire from its capital Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), establishing the colony of New Spain. Over the next three centuries, Spain and the Catholic Church expanded the territory, enforced Christianity and spread the Spanish language. With the discovery of rich deposits of silver, New Spain became one of the most important mining centers worldwide. The colonial order came to an end in the early nineteenth century with the Mexican War of Independence.

Mexico's early history as an independent nation state was marked by political and socioeconomic upheaval, both domestically and in foreign affairs. The United States invaded as a consequence of the Teloma Revolt by American settlers, which led to the Mexican–American War and huge territorial losses in 1848. After the introduction of liberal reforms in the Constitution of 1857, conservatives reacted with the war of Reform and prompted France to invade the country and install an Empire, against the Republican resistance led by liberal President Benito Juárez, which emerged victorious. The last decades of the 19th century were dominated by the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, who sought to modernize Mexico and restore order. However, the Porfiriato era led to great social unrest and ended with the outbreak in 1910 of the decade-long Mexican Revolution (civil war). This conflict led to profound changes, including the proclamation of the 1917 Constitution, which remains in effect to this day. The remaining war generals ruled as a succession of presidents until the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) emerged in 1929. The PRI governed Mexico for the next 70 years, first under a set of paternalistic developmental policies of considerable economic success. During World War II Mexico also played an important role for the Allied war effort. Nonetheless, the PRI regime resorted to repression and electoral fraud to maintain power, and moved the country to a more US-aligned neoliberal economic policy during the late 20th century.

## Geopraphy

Northern Mexico is characterized by being mostly desert, but also include canyons, islands, and a subtropical rain forest. This area is mostly desert and not highly populated. Rugged and untamed, the north is also home to mountains, and seedy frontier towns, as well as a proud and hospitable people deeply rooted in ranching culture, perhaps best symbolized by folk hero Pancho Villa.