Full country name: United States of Mexico

Area: 736,945 sq. miles

Population: 98.9 million

Capital city: Mexico City (pop. 20,000,000)

People: 55% Mestizo, 20% Indigenous Amerindian, 16% European

Language: Spanish and a handful of native languages: Nahuatl, Maya, Zapotec, Mixtec, Otomi, Totonac, Tzotzil, and Tzeltal

Religion: 95 % Roman Catholic, 1 % Protestant, 4% Other

Government: Democracy

President: Vicente Fox

Currency: The peso

Major industries: Oil, Gold, Silver, Copper

Major trading partners: United States, Germany