Alright Revan, Byrd got back from his second shift and we were able to go through it.

Firstly: The depression of the twenties would have still been a thing from America. American over-mass production coupled with the end of the Great War would have caused the world economy to pop like a bubble, more so than it did. And if the US in its current lore had wide-spread economic troubles than Mexico for sure could not have weathered the economic storm with only a few recessions along the way. They would have suffered in the post-war years with everyone, trying to stay afloat in a market flooded with resources and materials intended for use in Europe and the battle front. But with no more war all those raw materials and other supplies joined an over abundance of everything to further crash the world's banks.

So no, you can't have weathered economic depressions.

Mexico can still be a decent economy, but not the regional best when dealing with America.

This carries to second point sort of, where Mexico then shouldn't be strong enough to deal with Florida. But it wasn't really Florida, it was the deep south in general. Byrd made the point to say as well that Mexico involving itself in US affairs would be an invitation for the US to later involve itself in Mexican affairs more seriously. It's not really a thing nations do. Not to mention they wouldn't really be a big enough power to make anything out of it. So none of that.

Of minor note too was the Catholic uprising. Byrd's fine with the American involvement as it is. Though he also added that they probably would have carried out minor expeditions into Mexico [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancho_Villa_Expedition]like they did when chasing down Pancho Villa[/url]. But it wouldn't have been serious.

And as a reminder: Mexico joined the Third International alongside the US. Although the US got kicked out for annexing the Cascades territory Mexico remains. Just a something.


This was also carried out in witness by Mihn.


The post-war depression bit is about old enough now to not matter in the current time-frame. But if it's going to factor in the application then it needs to come up.