Yucatán (Concert of Europe)

Yucatán (Yucatec Mayan: Yokot'an), officially the Republic of Yucatán (Spanish: República de Yucatán, Yucatec Mayan: Belil Yokot'an) is a sovereign country in : most of its territory consists of a peninsula between the to its northwest and the  to its east. The country shares a land border with, and the British colony of.

The country was estabilished amidst a violent three-way civil war in the 1840's: the state attempted to secede from Mexico, but at the same time had to deal with a revolt from the Mayan population, who wished for greater representation and a redistribution of the fields. Several European powers, including (which was then allied with Mexico) and Great Britain (which sought to expand its sphere of influence in Central America and saw Yucatec independence favorably) intervened diplomatically, and after a few years the Republic of Yucatán was formally recognized.

Because of its origins, Yucatán has a history of progressivism and equal rights. The rights of the indigenous Mayans are protected by its constitution, and Mayan is one of the official languages of the state together with Spanish: the latter is mostly heard in large cities and towns (as the population is predominantly Spanish in origin), while in the countryside, mostly inhabited by Mayans, the former is much more common. The country is for the most part covered in thick jungles and has a plain or low hilly territory. Yucatán's economy is based on agriculture and tourism, as the country has little in the way of industrialization outside of major urban centres.