WI:Surviving Tarascan State

I always here this talk of a surviving Aztec State and often surviving Inca state, and while Inca sounds relatively plausible the Aztec one sounds nearly impossible. Well from what info I can gather, the Tarascan State was much more centralized than the Aztecs, albeit smaller, but it was still a force to be reckoned with (it could field over 100,000 strong army). Now, I don't think it can fight off the Spanish, but what if it converted to Christianity, became a protectorate, and then won full independence around the time of the OTL Mexican Revolution? I am very well aware disease would wipe out a fair percentage of the populace, but if it had protectorate status and converted to Christianity, there would be a chance that the Spanish might do something to help the Tarascans fight the disease. Well, would any of you guys want to see me make a full timeline of this? Anyone?
 
Tarascan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarascan_state. It was the only pre-spanish entity that could stand up against the aztecs rather than submit.
My point is that your WI did in fact happen, in the case of Tlaxcala. Tlaxcala did not end up much better in the long term. So I don't see why the Tarascans would be any different.

The Tarascans were also not the only entity that could resist the Aztecs. Again, see Tlaxcala (tho without Spain the Aztecs might have conquered it as early as the 1520s).
 
My point is that your WI did in fact happen, in the case of Tlaxcala. Tlaxcala did not end up much better in the long term. So I don't see why the Tarascans would be any different.

The Tarascans were also not the only entity that could resist the Aztecs. Again, see Tlaxcala (tho without Spain the Aztecs might have conquered it as early as the 1520s).
Well, the Tlaxcalans were mostly subjugated by the Aztecs for the most part and were required to take part in flower wars. Had the aztecs wanted to, they could have had the Tlaxcalans wiped out. Now the Tarascans were a different story, as they were almost an empire and ruled a decent stretch of land. I wouldn't say the the Tlaxcalans were able to resist the aztecs, as they were mostly subjugated by them, while the Tarascans were fully independent.
 

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I am very well aware disease would wipe out a fair percentage of the populace, but if it had protectorate status and converted to Christianity, there would be a chance that the Spanish might do something to help the Tarascans fight the disease.

There was nothing they could have done to help even if they had wanted to.
 
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