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Originally Posted by canadiancreed
one thing I'm confused about.
Wasn't the CSA IRL the more agricultural of the two, while the north was more industrial? Did they pour most of their GNP into the military? Or are the Mexicans just that bad in the early 20th century?
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This early in the 20th century, Mexico was still an "emerging" nation. The popular revolution of 1910 is what turned the country around. In 1900 Mexico City had a population of less than a million - obviously it has grown by leaps and bounds since then.
This timeline also presumes that the Confederacy, shorn of the industrial plants in the North, would have built an industrial base of its own and the presence of an "enemy" on the Northern border would ensure a strong military.