The Confederacy of Los estados confederates de Mexico is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Vicepresidente Gabriel Ríos with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, sprawling nuclear power plants, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 5.432 billion Confederate Mexicans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The medium-sized, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of San luis Potosi. The average income tax rate is 76.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Confederate Mexican economy, worth a remarkable 1,328 trillion Salvadoran colons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Soda Sales, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 244,570 Salvadoran colons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

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Los estados confederates de Mexico is ranked 14,631^st in the world and 348^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 333.36 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.