Mexico

Mexico

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Capital:

Texas

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Government Type:

Presidential Republic

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Primary Cultures:

Mexican

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State Religion:

Catholic

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Country Tier:

Kingdom

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Country Type:

Colonial

Mexico is an  minor power in North America. It neighbors the  USA, the British crown colony  British Columbia and  Texas as well as several decentralized Native American nations to the north and  USCA and  British Belize to the south. At the beginning of the game, Mexico starts at war with Texas who has declared independence.

Mexico starts with a population of 6.95 million, 56.5% (3.93 mil) of which are Mexican. The rest are various Native Americans cultures, the most prominent being Maya, Zapotec, O'odham and Tarasca.

Historical background

Mexico declared independence from  Spain in 1821, 15 years before the start of the game. The newly founded country immidiately found it self in turmoil, and did not have actual control over all the territory it claimed. On the 2. of October 1835 Texas declared independence and thus started the war that plagues Mexico at the beginning of the game.

Technology

Mexico starts with most era 1 technologies.

Production technology	Military technology	Society technology
Prospecting  Steelworking  Distillation  Cotton Gin	Drydocks  Admiralty  Army Reserves  Artillery	Law Enforcement  Currency Standards  Colonization  Democracy  Medical Degrees  Romanticism

Politics

Mexico's intial government form is a Junta; a presidential republic but with the Oligarchy distribution of power. The Armed Forces and Landowners are  in government, with President and General Migual Barragan leading the Armed Forces. Mexico starts with the Colonial Affairs institution at level 1.

Starting Laws

Power Structure		Economy		Human Rights
Governance Principles	Presidential Republic	Economic System	Agrarianism	Free Speech	Censorship
Distribution of Power	Oligarchy	Trade Policy	Mercantilism	Labor Rights	Serfdom Abolished
Citizenship	Cultural Exclusion	Taxation	Land-Based Taxation	Children's Rights	Child Labor Allowed
Church and State	Total Separation	Colonization	Colonial Resettlement	Rights of Women	Legal Guardianship
Bureaucracy	Appointed Bureaucrats	Policing	No Police	Welfare	No Social Security
Army Model	Professional Army	Education System	No Schools	Migration	Migration Controls
Internal Security	No Home Affairs	Health System	No Health System	Slavery	Slavery Banned

Starting Institutions

Institution	Level
Colonial Affairs	1

Interest groups

Texas begins with the Armed Forces and Landowners  in government. The Petite bourgeoisie, Rural Folk, Intelligentsia and, Catholic Church are  in opposition. The Industrialists and Trade Unions are marginalized.

Historical characters

Coming soon

Diplomacy

Mexico begins at war with  Texas. Winning the war will annex Texas, while losing will remove Mexican claims on Texas. Mexico has poor relations with  Spain and cold relations with  USA. Spain will however often be conciliatory.

Mexico starts with ongoing colonization of several Native American decentralized nations.

The Mexican states give automatic interests in the Pacific Coast, Mexico, Dixie and Central America. Mexico have one possible interest, which it uses to maintain an interest in the Great Plains strategic region. The interest is needed to maintain its starting colonization effort.

Economy

Mexico has a meager economy, at least compared to its size. Mexico produces mainly agricultural products, but there is a few clothing, furniture and food industries centralised in the two most populated provinces, Jalisco and Mexico. In many states, there are a vast collection of agricultural buildings available including dye, maize, cotton, fruit, coffee and tobacco.

There are almost no mines, but Mexico has access to building iron, coal, sulphur and lead mines in many states.

In the state of Bajío, There are three gold mines, with the immidiate potential of building a fourth. During the game many Mexican states will have gold and/or oil discovered over the course of the game.

States

Coming soon

Many Mexican states, including the two most populous states Jalisco and Mexico has the 'Sierra Madre Occidental' or the 'Central American Cordirellas' state trait. They both decrease infrastructure and state construction efficiency by 10%. Nevada has 'The Great Basin Desert' state trait which limits infrastructure, state construction efficiency and agriculture output by a whopping 25%. The only positive state trait is in California, which has three state traits:

1. 'Northern California Coastal Forests' limiting state construction efficiency by 10%, but gives a 20% logging industry throughput
2. 'Central Valley' giving a 20% farming throughput
3. 'Sierra Nevada' giving 10% less infrastructure.

Military

Mexico has the  Professional Army law.

Mexico begins with 10 regular battalions and 17 conscript battalions available; all battalions use the same set of production methods:  Line Infantry,  Cannon Artillery,  Cavalry Scouts,  Standardized Infantry, and  Wound Dressing. 8 battalions is placed in the Mexico HQ led by Antonió Lopez de Santa Anna (Ambitious, Explorer), while 2 battalions are placed in the Central America HQ led by Juan Alvaréz (brave, direct, Brave).

Mexico starts with no flotillas.

Strategies and guides

The below is one of many player suggested strategies for Mexico. Bear in mind, due to the dynamic nature of the game, it may unfold differently for other players.

The war with Texas

On paper the war with Texas should be easily winnable. Texas has a meager 2 battalions with 4 conscript battalions potentially raised. The issue is that an event can see the General and Politician Antonió Lopez de Santa Anna captured by Texan troops, as it happened in real life, if a battle involving him is lost. This will more or less mean losing the war automatically. One does not have to make haste, but instead should make sure to stabilize the country and prepare properly. One way to make sure to avoid the event is to build up the army in Central America and only use Juan Alvaréz. This is however a slow method. One can instead use Juan Alvaréz to hold off the Texan forces, while conscripts mobilises for Santa Anna.

First production

Mexico starts with only 7 construction produced weekly, an amount which is woefully inadequate for a country of Mexico's size. In Bajío it is possible to build a gold mine, an obvious choice for a first building. Alternatively, Mexico starts with a shortage of tools, which should be addressed shortly, either by building a tooling workshop or via trade.

Soon, wood, iron, paper and weapons should also be addressed to lessen the government expenses and facilitate more construction.

United States of Central America

To the south of Mexico is  United States of Central America (USCA). Like they did historically, it is very likely that they will soon fall apart into Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Nicaragua. They provide an obvious choice of conquest, but it is in general advised to wait until they fall apart. If you as an example choose to puppet USCA itself, they might then disintegrate during the diplomatic play, which can leave you with nothing. When it comes to war, either before or after disintegration, they will pose no issues. The only potential problem would be either UK or USA intervening.

Further targets

After USCA is fully annexed,  Colombian Panama is next on the list. Alternatively East Asia or  Haiti can be attacked. They do however require that Mexico invests in a functional military Navy. military An investment that might not be worth it early in the game.

The full potential of Mexico

Mexico has a large potential. Very large. The country is huge, it starts with a sizeable population which can potentially grow to dizzying heights with immigration. There are many resources and lots of arable land. Soon many provinces will produce large amounts of gold, and more or less every industrial resource is available. Becoming the hegemon in North America is not out of the question. And becoming the hegemon in North America means becoming the Hegemon in the world.

But that is very far away.

Achievements

Manifest Mexico

Starting as Mexico, own the Pacific Coast & Great Plains, and have a higher Power Rank than the USA

References

Countries by Region

Congo/Southern Africa region

Kongo Oranje South Africa Transvaal Zulu

Ethiopia region

Aussa Begemder Borana Geledi Gojjam Harar Isaaq Kaffa Majerteen Shewa Sidamo Tigray Warsangali Welega Wello

Niger region

Bagirmi Benin Bornu Dahomey Damagaram Oyo Sokoto Wadai

North Africa/Nile region

Algeria Darfur Egypt Morocco Tripolitania Tunis

Senegal region

Ashanti Futa Jallon Futa Toro Kaarta Liberia Massina Segou Sierra Leone

Zanj region

Acholi Ankole Buganda Bunyoro Burundi Karagwe Madagascar Rwanda

Formable

Ethiopia Mali Zimbabwe

Releasable

Hobyo

Balkans/Danubia region

Greece Ionian Islands Moldavia Montenegro Serbia Wallachia

England/France/Iberia region

Great Britain France Portugal Spain

Italy region

Lucca Modena Parma Rome Sardinia-Piedmont Tuscany Two Sicilies

North Germany region

Anhalt Bremen Brunswick Frankfurt Hamburg Hanover Hesse Hesse-Kassel Holstein Lübeck Mecklenburg Mecklenburg-Strelitz Nassau Oldenburg Prussia Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Saxe-Meiningen Saxe-Weimar Saxony Schleswig Schwarzburg Waldeck

Rhine region

Belgium Lippe Luxembourg Netherlands Schaumburg-Lippe

South Germany/Poland region

Austria Baden Bavaria Hohenzollern Krakow Switzerland Württemberg

The Baltic region

Denmark Finland Norway Russia Sweden

Formable

Czechoslovakia Danubian State England Germany Iberia Ireland Italy Poland Poland-Lithuania North German Federation Romania Scandinavia South German Federation United Baltic Provinces Yugoslavia

Western Europe Releasable

Andalusia Bohemia Brittany Castile Catalonia Corsica Flanders Galicia Greenland Iceland Jan Mayen Lombardia Malta Navarra Occitania Pomerania Scotland Sorbia Trieste Ulster Venice Wales Wallonia Westphalia

Eastern Europe Releasable

Albania Belarus Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Crete Crimea Croatia Danzig Estonia Galicia-Lodomeria Hungary Kazan Latvia Lithuania Mountain Republic Sapmi Scania Slovakia Slovenia Transylvania Ukraine

Anatolia/Arabia/Caucasus region

Azal Bahrain Chechnya Circassia Hedjaz Jabal Shammar Kathiri Lahej Mahra Nejd Oman Trucial States Turkey

Central Asia/Persia region

Afghanistan Bukhara Kalat Khiva Kokand Makran Persia

Himalayas region

Bhutan Nepal Sikkim Tibet

North India region

Awadh Baroda Bhopal Bikaner Bundelkhand East India Company Gwalior Indore Jaipur Jaisalmer Jodhpur Kutch Mewar Punjab Sindh

South India region

Bastar Hyderabad Mysore Nagpur Orissa Travancore

Formable

Arabia Baluchistan Byzantium India Turkestan Yemen

Releasable

Armenia Assam Assyria Azerbaijan Bengal Ceylon Cyprus Dagestan Don Cossack Host Emirate of Transjordan Georgia Hazarajat Iraq Israel Kalmykia Kashmir Kurdistan Lebanon Manipur Palestine Perm Siberia Syria Turkmenia Tuva Uyghuristan

Indochina region

Burma Cambodia Champassak Chiang Mai Dai Nam Johore Luang Prabang Perak Selangor Siam

Indonesia region

Aceh Bali Banjar Brunei Bulungan Buton Dutch East Indies Jambi Kutai Lanfang Maguindanao Philippines Pontianak Sambas Siak Sintang Sulu Surakarta Tidore Yogyakarta

N. China/Japan/Manchuria region

China Japan Korea

Oceania region

Hawaii New South Wales South Australia Tasmania United Tribes Western Australia

Formable

Aotearoa Australia Indonesia Laos

Releasable

Ezo Java Kalimantan Manchuria New Zealand Toba Vientiane Yakutia

Chinese releasable

Anhui Da Cheng Formosa Guizhou Heavenly Kingdom Hunan Mongolia Qian Shandong Shanxi Sichuan Xibei Yue Yunnan Zhili

Canada/Pacific Coast region

Hudson Bay Company Ontario Oregon Quebec

Dixie/New England region

America Indian Territory New Brunswick Nova Scotia Texas

Brazil/La Plata region

Argentina Brazil Chile Grão-Pará Paraguay Piratini Uruguay

Central America/Mexico/Caribbean region

Central America Cuba Haiti Mexico Miskitia

Gran Colombia/The Andes region

Bolivia Colombia Ecuador Peru Venezuela

Formable

Canada Free States of America Gran Colombia West Indies

Releasable

Amazonia Anahuac Angola Janga Bahamas California Cherokee Costa Rica Deseret El Salvador Guarani Guatemala Haudenosaunee Honduras Jamaica Los Altos Louisiana Maya Métis Michigan New Africa New England Newfoundland Nicaragua Panama Pueblo Puerto Rico Río Grande Santo Domingo Yucatán

Revolter/Special

Columbia Confederate States of America Free State Heavenly Kingdom Hindustan Ladakh Natalia Zanzibar

African decentralized countries

Adagh Ahaggar Air Anyi Azande Bangala Barotse Basuto Baule Bemba Bobangi Bundu Cayor Chokwe Dar Fertit Dar al Kuti Dinka Duala Ewe Fang Gogo Griqualand Hehe Hemba Herero Igbo Jolof Kaabu Kabadougou Kasanje Kazembe Kikuyu Kong Kru Kuba Lega Loango Luba Lunda Luo Mandinka Mangbetu Manica Masai Maseko Mashona Matabele Mossi Nama Nuer Nyamwezi Oualata Ovimbundu Sahrawi Sangu Serer Susu Teke Tibesti Toposa Trarza Tswana Tuat Turkana Xhosa Yaka

American decentralized countries

Absaroka Apache Arapaho Comanche Guarani Iron Confederacy Lakota Mapuche Navajo Niitsitapi Nimíipuu Pawnee Selk'nam Tehuelche Ute

Asian/Oceanian decentralized countries

Ainu Mosir Bilua Fiji Halia Kazakhs Micronesia Nauru Ngāi Tahu Ngāti Toa Noongar Papua Sakhalin Sulawesi Tahiti Tonga Vanuatu

Releasable/Revolter decentralized countries

Athabaska Aymara Bassa Batonga Beja Cascadia Chewa Council of Three Fires Dakota Equatoria Gamilaraay Gao Hathawaddy IBL Kachin Kamchatka Karen Khmu Kissi Lomwe Makua Michoacán Muisca Muscogee Navajoland Nuba Nunavut O'odham Country Oaxaca Orinoco Sara Sena Sudan Sukuma Tawantinsuyu Tiris Tivland Tungus Tupinamba Uluru Uyao Wayuu

Notes: This table lists playable countries divided by superregion and region. Starting countries are listed by the region of their capital state, with formable and releasable countries not present at the start listed separately by superregion. Decentralized (non-playable) and special cases are listed separately.