Aztec Empire

### Government

Autocratic Absolute Royal Dictatorship under a Nationalist Neo-Fascist One Party State

### Governing Body

Frente Nacionalista de México (Nationalist Front of Mexico)

### National Status

Feudal Empire

The Aztec Empire is an Empire located in Mexico that rose to power after the Blackout.

## History

### Early History

Pre-Columbian Mexico traces its origins to 8,000 BC and is identified as one of the six cradles of civilization; it was home to many advanced Mesoamerican civilizations, most notably the Maya and the Aztecs. In 1521, the Spanish Empire conquered and colonized the region from its base in Mexico City, establishing the colony of New Spain. The Catholic Church played an important role in spreading Christianity and the Spanish language, while also preserving some indigenous elements. Native populations were subjugated and heavily exploited to mine rich deposits of precious metals, which contributed to Spain's status as a major world power for the next three centuries, and to a massive influx of wealth and a price revolution in Western Europe. Over time, a distinct Mexican identity formed, based on a fusion of European and indigenous customs; this contributed to the successful Mexican War of Independence against Spain in 1821.

Mexico's early history as a nation state was marked by political and socioeconomic upheaval. The Texas Revolution and the Mexican–American War in the mid 19th century led to huge territorial losses to the United States. Liberal reforms were enshrined in the Constitution of 1857, which sought to integrate indigenous communities and curtail the power of the church and the military. This triggered an internal war of Reform and intervention by France, in which conservatives installed Maximilian Habsburg as emperor against the Republican resistance led by Benito Juárez. The last decades of the 19th century were marked by the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, who sought to modernize Mexico and restore order. The *Porfiriato* era ended in 1910 with the decade-long Mexican civil war, which killed approximately 10% of the population and after which the victorious Constitutionalist faction drafted a new 1917 Constitution, which remains in effect to this day. The revolutionary generals ruled as a succession of presidents until the assassination of Alvaro Obregón in 1928. This led to the formation of the Institutional Revolutionary Party the following year, which governed Mexico until 2000.

Mexico is a developing country, ranking 74th on the Human Development Index, but has the world's 15th-largest economy by nominal GDP and the 11th-largest by PPP, with the United States being its largest economic partner. Its large economy and population, global cultural influence, and steady democratization make Mexico a regional and middle power; it is often identified as an emerging power but is considered a newly industrialized state by several analysts. However, the country continues to struggle with social inequality, poverty and extensive crime; it ranks poorly on the Global Peace Index, due in large part to ongoing conflict between the government and drug trafficking syndicates that led to over 120,000 deaths since 2006.

### Blackout

The Mexican Republic handled the mess of the Blackout pretty poorly as the country went through anarchy. The Drug Cartels of Mexico took charge and turned the country into a Anarchist monstrosity, The Republic's failure in handling the mess and the instability in Central America with Immigrants fleeing their homelands resulted in the rise of the Frente Nacionalista de México (Nationalist Front of Mexico) rising to power and taking control of the government to glorify their regime of Mexico as the new Aztec Empire. Maximilian von Götzen-Iturbide rose to power as Emperor of Mexico and ruled as Autocratic monarch as he put down the drug lords and Liberal Socialists. Ferdinand his son married Agatha Moreira, a Brazilian model who became Crown Princess of Mexico.

### Post-Blackout

Many years later Maximilian had died and his son Ferdinand took power as Emperor of Mexico as Ferdinand continued his father and the government's policies and commits to the plan of annexing the wasteland.

## Government

The Government of the Aztec Empire is an Autocratic Absolute Royal Dictatorship ruled by an Emperor who dominates the whole entirety of Mexico as an Absolute Monarch under a Nationalist Neo-Fascist One Party State who controls the government under the leadership of the leader of the Frente Nacionalista de México (Nationalist Front of Mexico) who controls the populace by force with the Military, Police, Mafia and Drug Cartels.

## Military

The Military is nothing more than a feudal army only armed with guns as technology due to Mexico suffering the worst of the Blackout and the state Mexico was in before the Blackout. The Army is not loyal to the government except for the 100 hordes of troopers who are loyal to the ruling government. Otherwise the rest of the Army is under control of the Mafia, Militaristic Warlords and Drug Cartels.

## Economy

Mexico's economy after the Blackout is crap due to how the Government rules as tyrants and how it has the habit of spoiling the Mafia and Drug Cartels who live like Aristocrats in Mexico.

Before the Blackout multiple international organizations coincide and classify Mexico as an upper middle income country, or a middle class country Mexico's National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (CONEVAL), which is the organization in charge to measure the country's poverty reports that a huge percentage of Mexico's population lives in poverty. According to said council, from 2006 to 2010 (year on which the CONEVAL published its first nationwide report of poverty) the portion of Mexicans who live in poverty rose from 18%–19% to 46% (52 million people). However, rather than Mexico's economy crashing, international economists attribute the huge increase in the percentage of population living below the country's poverty line to the CONEVAL using new standards to define it, as now besides people who lives below the economic welfare line, people who lacks at least one "social need" such as complete education, access to healthcare, access to regular food, housing services and goods, social security etc. were considered to be living in poverty (several countries do collect information regarding the persistence of said vulnerabilities on their population, but Mexico is the only one that classifies people lacking one or more of those needs as living below its national poverty line). Said economists do point out that the percentage of people living in poverty according to Mexico's national poverty line is around 40 times higher than the one reported by the World Bank's international poverty line (with said difference being the biggest in the world) and ponder if it would not be better for countries in the situation of Mexico to adopt internationalized standards to measure poverty so the numbers obtained could be used to make accurate international comparisons. According to the OECD's own poverty line (defined as the percentage of a country's population who earns 60% or less of the national median income) 20% of Mexico's population lives in a situation of poverty.

## Culture

The **culture of Mexico** reflects the country's complex history. Mexicans developed a culture of their own which has been influenced by Native and Spanish cultures and minor influences from around the world.[*citation needed*]

First inhabited more than 10,000 years ago, the cultures that developed in Mexico became one of the cradles of civilization. During the 300-year rule by the Spanish, Mexico was a crossroads for the people and cultures of Europe and South America. The government of independent Mexico actively promoted shared cultural traits in order to create a national identity.

The culture of an individual Mexican is influenced by familial ties, gender, religion, location, and social class, among other factors. In many ways, contemporary life in the cities of Mexico has become similar to that in the neighboring United States and in Europe, with provincial people conserving traditions more than city dwellers.