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“Mexistadt shall rise from the ashes of Mexico”

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The Holy Empire of Mexistadt is a titanic, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 20.526 billion Mexistadtians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 78.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Mexistadtian economy, worth a remarkable 4,650 trillion pesos a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 226,574 pesos, with the richest citizens earning 9.1 times as much as the poorest.

Soldiers have swapped their uniforms for prisonwear, the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Mexistadt City, homeless people are frequently charged with trespassing on public property, and it's usual for grandparents to stay in the family home with their descendants but younger children are often frightened of them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mexistadt's national animal is the mule, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mexistadt is ranked 106,348^th in the world and 37^th in Wintercrest for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 820.75 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.