Mexican and Central American state lines under the USA.

Some yes, some no. And some of the ones that are no are some of the states we are most interested in. We might want to bookmark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mapa_Mexico_1837.PNG as a reference for what Mexican states were at different times in Mexican history. This site can be very helpful for our PODs.

While I don't have it bookmarked, I actually use the wiki page on the Territorial Evolution of Mexico as it contains maps and descriptions for every change in Mexico's history.
 
While I don't have it bookmarked, I actually use the wiki page on the Territorial Evolution of Mexico as it contains maps and descriptions for every change in Mexico's history.

That is a really great link.

In a US dominated Mexico/Central America I would imagine that a lot of states are going to get combined, even states that never were combined in the first place. Depending on the circumstances, but especially if Mexico is conquered, the US is not going to accept 62 new senators into congress (or how ever many states there were). I can see Mexico being broken down relative to teh US population at the time.

For example, the US population was 31 million in 1860, the Mexican population was around 8 million. With 33 existing US states, I would say that Mexico would receive around 7-8 states and a strong chance of having an area like Sonora and Baja becoming a single territory that would be partially absorbed into Arizona and Mexico later and added as an additional state.

Anyone got some population numbers on Central America in 1860?
 
You got to consider that with few Mexican states, it's easier that they could organize a united voting block in Congress. With like 20-30 little Mexican states, it'd be harder for them to achieve a united front. Divide and conquer.
 
You got to consider that with few Mexican states, it's easier that they could organize a united voting block in Congress. With like 20-30 little Mexican states, it'd be harder for them to achieve a united front. Divide and conquer.

But they would have a huge number of seats in the Senate. Plus I doubt that there would be much divide and conquer if the question "should Mexico be independent" comes up in congress. No matter the small number of states, there would be unification on some issues. The existing US is going to seek to prevent this.
 
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