Mexico (1983: Doomsday)
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| Capital: | Mexica, DCF | ||||
| Largest city: | Mexico City | ||||
| Other cities: | Guadalajara, Puebla, Acapulco-Renacimiento, Nuevo Monterrey, Nezahualcoyótl, Mexíca | ||||
| Presidente: | Marcelo Ebrard (PD) | ||||
| Gobernador General: | Cuauhtemoc Micheltorena Lozano (PC) | ||||
| Area: | 1,972,550 km² | ||||
| Population: | 122 million inh. | ||||
| Independence: | September 16, 1810 | ||||
| Currency: | Mexican Peso (MXN) | ||||
The United Mexican States, commonly referred to as Mexico, is a federal constitutional republic in North America.
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[edit] History
[edit] 1980s
October 15, 1983 - President Miguel de la Madrid federalizes the six northern border states of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, turning them into a "quarantine zone" as thousands, then millions of American survivors cross into Mexico.
Tijuana, Juarez and Monterrey are made Red Cross "hospice cities" where tens of thousands go for shelter and health care. The major cities affected by the nuke strikes on the USA are Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Austin and El Paso among others
US President Reagan meets de la Madrid in Cancún to make arrangements for Mexico to absorb the millions of homeless Americans and Mexico receives a large portion of what's left of American resources. Most residents of the northern states were evacuated within days of the attack, but 8.5 million people (of which over 7 million are Americans) are quarantined until deemed healthy enough to leave the quarantine zone to start a new life in the south. Many other Americans make their way to Canada or Australia.
September 19, 1985 - After the Mexico City earthquake kills thousands and destroys over 400 buildings, congress decides to move the capital and decentralize the population by building several new cities to replace ones in the north and to house the new immigrant population. The new capital city will be named Mexica and a federal capital district is carved from the mountains of Michoacán State. This site is chosen for it's central location between the two largest cities (Mexico City and Guadalajara) and the already in-place infrastructure. It is designed by world architects on the model of the old Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán.
The economy is devastated, but oil production continues for domestic use.
May 10, 1987 - The influx of Central American refugees and indigenous uprisings in Yucatán and Chiapas force president de la Madrid to federalize the the five southern border states of Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo. These five states are dissolved and made into two federal territories, Istmo-Chiapas and Yucatán. Most of the Mexican Armed Forces are stationed here.
[edit] 1990s
January, 1990 - Construction starts on the new capital city. Dozens of former Americans are now part of the Mexican congress and July 4th is made a national holiday in honor of the survivors - "Día de los Sobrevivientes". A new constitution is approved and the position of Governor General is created as a balance to presidential power, with the two major parties (PAN and PRD) alternating both positions every four years.
October 1, 1993 - The cities of Monterrey, Tijuana and many others are officially abandoned, ten years after doomsday. Videos and songs of the cities, especially the video promoting the brand new Monterrey soccer stadium in 1983, are played all day on national television and radio in honor of all who died and in remembrance of that city's former importance. The stadium was a symbol of pride for Monterrey when it opened six months before doomsday, but ended up being used as a giant morgue. Another national holiday is created, "Dia del Norte".
May 1, 1995 - The official U.S. Government in Canberra comes to an end after 219 years. Flags are flown at half-mast all over Mexico and thousands of Americans leave for Australia and Canada.
September 16, 1995 - The new capital city of Mexica is inaugurated with most of it's wealth coming from Mexico City and the former Monterrey. The federal district of Mexico City is absorbed into Mexico State and the new federal capital district of Mexica is named the Distrito Capital Federal, or DCF
[edit] 2000s
2004 - The American caucus in the congress pushes for membership in the ANZC.
2008 - Mexico joins the League of Nations and proposed to share control of the six northern quarantined states with the League, with zone administration headquarters in Delícias. This would allow the League to control the "no man's land" that divides the habitable lands from the mostly contaminated areas to the north.
September 16, 2008 - Riots erupt all over Mexican cities on Independence Day because of food shortages and forced water rationing. Right-wing extremists use the situation to call for an end to immigration and closing the borders at Istmo-Chiapas and Yucatán. The "México Primero" party is formed with dozens of Catholic defectors from the PAN already in congress. They demand the annexation of the Central American states, the creation of reservations for all "Indian insurgents" and for Catholicism to be made the official religion.
April 10, 2009 - After months of killings and kidnappings by the MP Camisas Doradas (Gold Shirts), 5 million people march on Mexica and Mexico City in protest of the MP Party and demand it be disbanded and its leaders arrested. The "Good Friday Riots" result in the death of two MP Deputies, Ricardo Sullivan and Marco Antonio Cavuto on the streets of the capital. Several MP leaders escape to Cuba with the help of the Catholic Church as most of the others are arrested.
A constitutional amendment passes that recognizes only the PRD and PAN as official parties. Both parties change names, the Partido de la Revolución Democrática becomes Partido Democrático (PD) and the Partido Acción Nacional becomes the Partido Conservador (PC).
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