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What if Mexico and Canada became one country and immediately challenged the balance of North America? This short geography and history scenario imagines the two nations uniting into a powerful new bloc, strong enough to worry the United States from the start.

The new union first demands the entire western coast, pointing to the large Mexican population there, but the U.S. refuses. That rejection sparks war, beginning with an attack on Alaska, where the poorly defended territory gets overwhelmed from two sides. As the conflict turns against them, the United States tries a risky move: offering Mexico Texas in exchange for betraying Canada. But Canada gets the same deal, and both sides end up fighting each other instead.

After a few battles, Mexico comes out on top, only for the weakened union to be crushed by the United States, which then takes over all of North America. A fast-paced alternate history map story, this is ideal for fans of country merge scenarios, geopolitics, military what ifs, and short-form history explanations.

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00:00What would happen if Mexico and Canada became one country?
00:03With those two uniting, they would instantly become one of the strongest countries in the world,
00:07something that United States wouldn't like.
00:09Since they would be separated by exactly the U.S.,
00:12the new Union would ask them for the entire western coast, since a lot of Mexicans live there too.
00:17However, the U.S. would reject, which would prompt the Union to declare war.
00:21First, they would go for Alaska, which would be poorly defended and would soon get crushed.
00:25Since they would get attacked from two sides, it wouldn't look good for them,
00:28as they would get pushed back. With no other choice left,
00:31U.S. would reach out to Mexico, promising them Texas, in exchange for them betraying Canada.
00:35They would be hesitant, but would eventually accept, sending their troops to attack Canada.
00:39However, what they wouldn't know is that the U.S. offered Canada the same deal, which they also accepted.
00:45This would lead to both Canadian and Mexican army fighting against each other,
00:48which would, after a couple of battles, lead to Mexican victory.
00:51United States would use this situation, crushing the weakened Mexico and taking over the entire North America.

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