[quote=@Dinh AaronMk]
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.
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Alright, all of this is fair and good.

On the matter of the Great Depression, I assumed it never happened not because I didn't see any mention of it, but because I didn't see any major effects [i]surrounding[/i] it. I did not see any major wars, revolutions, or extreme changes that one would expect to result from economic hardship, such as the rise of fascism in Europe after the Great Depression irl. There was quite a lot of mention of these changes in post-war economies like Britain and France, but that was a result of the huge war that had struck the nations, not the depressed trough out of recurring booms and recessions.

That's not to say that I don't think there should be any culling of the Great Depression. Like you said, it was so long ago that it doesn't seem to matter anymore, other than the purpose of lore.

For Mexico's economy in general, I suggested that it was only [i]one[/i] of the best in comparison with most others in North America. That's not to say that it is [i]the[/i] best, as there's still the US and Canada ahead of it by a longshot--but perhaps I should have clarified that. Another thing I should mention is the fact that after Canada's invasions and the split of Florida from the Union, both Canada's and the US's economies should have been focused on war production, making Mexico probably a bigger producer of regular goods and services in the region, though again not necessarily moreso than the other two.

Concerning the invasion of Florida, cool. I didn't event think it was that big of an involvement to make mention originally, but then I decided on bringing it up because it was on the wiki. Then again, there's a [i]lot[/i] of shit in there that needs to be rewritten at some point.

I gots to sleep tonight, but I'll have a rewritten sheet with those minor edits tomorrow.