Second Mexican Empire

Second Mexican Empire
The Second Mexican was created in 1864 by Napoleon III of France, who attempted to establish Mexico as a French colony to counter the growth of the now mighty United States.

Early years
During the formation of the empire, Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria was appointed Emperor of Mexico and the Mexican Empire was formed. However during the first years of the empire from 1864 to 1867, Mexican Liberals under the command of the mexican president Benito Juarez and with aid of the United States formed a series of guerrillas throughout the nation, although they where often unsuccesful they harmed the Empire's economy and raised unpopularity of the empire. When in May 13,1865 the U.S. civil war ended; Napoleon III of France retreated the french troops from Mexican territory fearing conflict with the United States. Emperor Maximilian was now left to his own faith by France, However, with the help of Mexican Conservatives and the great leadership of his generals he pulled back the rebellion and crushed them in northen Chihuahua. Maximilian decided to move the Mexican capital to a strategic location close to the U.S.-Mexican border in the territory of Baja California. From there he implemented politics never seen in Mexico before, such as the total persecution of roman-catholics and the banning of the Roman-Catholic church, which he saw as the "Primary enemy of the Empire and it's People", the Maximilian Land-Grants, which gaved free land to Mexican citizens who were willing to work, the construction of roads and bridges to connect every corner of the nation, and the modernization of the Imperial Army and Navy which soon became the most powerful in the continent.

Age of Prosperity 1870's-1890's
Thanks to Maximilian economic policies and the destruction of the Catholic church in the empire, the nation experienced great changes both Economic and Cultural. The nation faced economic instability during the early 1870's mainly because of the reconstruction effords that the empire had made, But in 1875 Maximilain proposed a new national currency, the Amero, a currency that was free of debt and could not be made out of nothing, like normal currency, rather it was produce accordingly to the nation's amount of resources and production. The Amero was a great success, it guaranteed an economic stability, no inflation, and eliminated debt. Then in 1877 when the tecnique of interchangeable parts and mass-production reach the Imperial industry it did not take but 4 years for the Empire to become self-sufficient on production of goods and an economic power.

"The Time for Expantion"
In 1892 Maximilian I of Mexico gived up the throne and named Augustin II of Mexico the new emperor. Augustin was raised to become the most efficient emperor by his adopted father, Maximilian. Like his father he felt a great love for his empire and his people, however, Augustin also saw any other nation neighboring Mexico as an enemy. So, in 1894 he appointed General Villa into a "Continental Purification Campaign" to conquer Central America and the Caribbean. In only two years General Villa brought Central America to it's knees, and declared the territory a Mexican province. Augustin was most pleased with Villa and his acompaning generals and decided to established the "Knights of the Imperial Court" which was made of the twelve most succesful generals who had reach the level of "Imperial Knight", these Imperial Court was primarily made to plan future invations and wars. In 1896 Augustin made his famous speech:

"The power and prosperity of our mighty nation has prooved our worthiness in this world! The unworthy Central American countries and the European colonies in the Caribbean are ours now! The time for expantion is now, Let's us expand even further than the world itself! All hail the Empire!"

Now American countries such as Great Colombia and the United States prepared for war against their dangerous neighborg.

The Order of Administration
In November, 1896 Augustin proposed to the Imperial Parliament that the new adquired territories were given to the knights of the Imperial court to manage until a vicerroy could be appointed.However parliament did not ratified his proposal and instead passed the Order of Administration, which organized every territory as a whole and named it after the time it was conquered, exp: All Central American countries became one territory and being the first one to be conquered, it would be called "Imperial Administrative Area 1" or Area 1 for short.thus the caribbean islands were organized as one territory, Area 2. These territories would, according to the order of administration, become self-governing when they go throught the three stages of the "areas" which were:


 * Reformation- The beginning stage of a conquered area, during this stage the area would be run by the Knight in charge of the Imperial Court whose responsability is to oversee all reconstruction projects in the area and put down any early rebellion. During this stage the "numbers",Colonized people, did not have any power of self-governance.
 * Developing- The second stage of a conquered area, during this stage the area would no longer be overseen by the Imperial court but rather by the Imperial Parliament. To get to this stage an Area should have a growing economy and a peaceful society. Numbers will now have control over their politics but limited in certain ways.
 * Satellite- The Last stage of a conquered area. The head of the Area government is now a vicerroy appointed by the emperor, however, the numbers will now have a total self-governance on their social and political affairs, the vicerroy only oversees the Area to keep it under control.