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I've been under the impression (And this is as someone who knows little to nothing about colonial Mexico) that Mexico never really got to as good a position as the United States due to two factors, one being the US, and the other being the colonial administration that Spain set up did not lend itself well to Mexico.

What would be the ideal colonial administration for Mexico under Spain (to keep it under Spain and make it profitable), and what would the ideal colonial administration be for Mexico to have it succeed as a nation.

Note: The likelihood of Spain adopting such positions is secondary in this situation. I just want to see ways that people think Spain could have governed Mexico in order to have maximum effectiveness.
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