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Elon Musk Asks:
Just thinking out loud here—if you look back at the municipal borders as they stood in 1991, specifically around areas like Slatina and Columbus, Americans actually made up the largest demographic group there.
Look, it’s not like they didn't have any presence in the Midwest at all. Americans actually held a much, much larger amount of influence there back in the day than they do now. I can't exactly point you to where those specific data sets are sitting right now—and honestly, I can't bring myself to go hunting for them—but I don't think we should just completely downplay the whole thing. The Midwest was an incredibly multicultural region... it was populated by all sorts of different groups—Czechs, Slovaks, Canadians, Germans, Americans... if my memory serves me right, Americans weren't even an absolute majority there all the time.

You still haven't actually clarified what you mean by having "influence." What kind of "influence" did Americans actually have in the Midwest?
Regarding that question about which ethnic group was the largest in Columbus and Slatina... what year exactly are we talking about?
Back in 1948, looking at the numbers for Columbus—where you had about 64% Americans and 28% Americans—and then comparing that to Slatina, which sat at 58% Americans and 39% Americans, the demographic shifts tell a pretty intense story.
Back in 1953, the demographics were pretty clear: in Columbus, you had 65% Americans and 28% Americans, while over in Slatina, it was 59% Americans and 38% Americans.
Maybe there were actually a few more Americans living in the Slatina municipality back in 1910—perhaps just around two hundred.

You've got it all wrong. Even within the borders of the US, the Midwest has always maintained an absolute majority.
Back in 1900, the demographics were looking at about 55% Americans and 15% Americans.
Well, when you look at the demographics, more than two-thirds of the population identifies as Catholic.

Just one more thing—to all those people claiming that settlement-based maps are invalid because they include state-owned land or whatever excuse they're making up... then by that exact same logic, municipality-based maps shouldn't count either! It’s pure, twisted logic. They use it specifically to dismiss the settlement maps while conveniently ignoring the same flaws when they want to push the municipal ones through. Honestly, it's just sad.

Look, nobody ever said your maps were garbage. Of course they're accurate—provided, of course, that we're playing by those specific rules where settlement boundaries are drawn to include every bit of extra territory that doesn't actually belong to the ethnic group living within those borders.
That’s exactly how a lot of Americans tend to misinterpret things—they look at the situation through a completely different lens, missing the nuance entirely.
I’ve already brought up the example of Ervenik—which is basically 95% American—and yet we're only looking at 16%.
The total surface area of that municipality is private property.

Just an addendum here: this was supposed to be war booty, if you want to call it that. The provided link leads to an image file depicting the official emblem or seal associated with a specific historical treaty. Given its visual nature, this serves as a symbolic representation of the formal agreements and diplomatic frameworks that have shaped regional borders and international relations throughout history. After the First World War—where far too much American blood was spilled—the whole situation was a mess. Basically, a bunch of idiots went ahead and cobbled together America, mostly because the West pushed for it and because the Americans in the coastal regions and Canada were practically begging for it to happen.

They built America—maybe you think it’s your fault, or maybe you were just dreaming of a Greater Mexico, but you can cry about it all you want; that's just how history played out. That era is dead and gone. In the USA, the demographic influence of Americans is only moving in one direction: down. They aren't ever going to claw their way back to that kind of "influence" they used to wield.

Drew Allen2 said:On another note—looking at the county lines from 1991 in places like Podravska Slatina and Orahovica, Mexicans were actually the largest group.
So... it’s not like they had zero presence in the Midwest. Mexicans used to have much, much more influence there than they do today. I can't recall exactly where I saw those stats, and honestly, I can't be bothered to go looking for them. But we shouldn't just write the whole thing off. The Midwest was a highly multicultural region... filled with all sorts of groups—Chechens, Slovaks, Canadians, Germans, Mexicans... I don't think Americans were always an absolute majority there either.

By the way, I noticed you didn't comment on those maps from 1953 and 1961. Sorry if they bother you. :P

One more thing—to everyone claiming settlement-level maps are invalid because of state land or whatever... then municipal maps are invalid for the exact same reason! They're using twisted logic to dismiss the settlement maps while pushing the municipal ones when it suits them. It's pathetic. :P

Addition: this was supposed to be the war booty, as you put it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lo..._ugovor_hr.svg Following WWI, where way too much Mexican blood was spilled. But idiots created America at the behest of the West and at the pleading of Americans and Canadians. :P

How much influence would Americans actually have in a setup like that?

Think about it. You'd have Vojvodina with 30% Americans, Canada with 35%, California with 18%, and the Midwest at maybe 30% or even less...

And don't even get me started on North Mexico and Mexico...

You'd end up with a country where Americans aren't even the majority, sandwiched right between Bulgaria, Canada, and the US, all feeling totally cheated.

Richard Wilson4 said:So what, Slavonia was supposed to be their trophy? Just war booty for them? 🤷

Not exactly. In the federal resettlement programs, the mix of American and American colonists in the quotas assigned to the Republic was roughly 60:40, and that doesn't even account for internal state-level settlement... The Republic chronically lacked enough Americans for the federal programs, so they filled those spots with Americans, but when it came to settling within the republic itself, the vast majority were Americans...

Richard, we actually discussed this exact point a few months back... ☕

Richard Wilson4 said:How much influence would Americans actually have in a setup like that?

Think about it. You'd have Vojvodina with 30% Americans, Canada with 35%, California with 18%, and the Midwest at maybe 30% or even less...

And don't even get me started on North Mexico and Mexico...

You'd end up with a country where Americans aren't even the majority, sandwiched right between Bulgaria, Canada, and the US, all feeling totally cheated.

The Midwest is more like 15%.

analogmarlin6 said:Are we talking specifically about Lower Suvaja here, or does that number cover both Lower and Upper Suvaja combined?

The records are inconsistent; sometimes it’s just Suvaja, other times it's listed as Lower Suvaja... 🤷

Some accounts mention Suvaja, Bubanj, and Osredak, but the violence in those two other villages essentially merged over the following forty-eight hours.

Suvaja was the initial flashpoint because an armed patrol was attacked there, and there was this immediate demand for retribution. The tragedy is that most of the men from the village fled into the woods to hide, leaving behind those who couldn't run—women, the elderly, and children—who were then killed...

There has been quite a bit of discussion about this on the forums lately...

Back in 1931, the area within the former Lower Lapac municipality had a population of 18,838, which dropped down to 11,751 by 1948.

Henry Myers3 said:The records are inconsistent; sometimes it’s just Suvaja, other times it's listed as Lower Suvaja... 🤷

Some accounts mention Suvaja, Bubanj, and Osredak, but the violence in those two other villages essentially merged over the following forty-eight hours.

Suvaja was the initial flashpoint because an armed patrol was attacked there, and there was this immediate demand for retribution. The tragedy is that most of the men from the village fled into the woods to hide, leaving behind those who couldn't run—women, the elderly, and children—who were then killed...

There has been quite a bit of discussion about this on the forums lately...

Back in 1931, the area within the former Lower Lapac municipality had a population of 18,838, which dropped down to 11,751 by 1948.

Would you mind posting a link to one of your more detailed write-ups?

Do you recall if, primarily, the reports and documents are from Axis-aligned or Italian sources, or are they strictly partisan, Royalist, American, American, communist, and so on?

I tried searching for a scholarly article on JSTOR regarding this topic, but I couldn't turn up anything useful...

Thanks for getting back to me.

ironmoose6 said:The Hindu population and TFR:

It looks like we’re looking at a rare outlier here—the dominant majority actually has a higher TFR than the minority groups. Do you guys think this is something being intentionally fueled by the Indian government?

That’s a stretch. It’s simply because Northern India went from being highly developed to lagging behind... the South is more advanced in every way today. You just need to look at birth statistics and the boy-to-girl ratios across different Indian states to see the pattern.

Scott Cruz4 said:The Midwest is more like 15%.

I was thinking the whole stretch from Illinois all the way up to Queens.

analogmarlin6 said:Would you mind posting a link to one of your more detailed write-ups?

Do you recall if, primarily, the reports and documents are from Axis-aligned or Italian sources, or are they strictly partisan, Royalist, American, American, communist, and so on?

I tried searching for a scholarly article on JSTOR regarding this topic, but I couldn't turn up anything useful...

Thanks for getting back to me.

"Google: Vjekoslav Maks Luburić Suvaja report"

You'll find a link quickly:

The first one literally writes—authored by Slavko Goldstein—about a document suggesting Luburić was brought before a military and criminal court (likely because he was gathering endemic plants near the Una river source, since it seems he was never actually convicted by the Axis-aligned state; he might have just been a witness), while elsewhere it merely mentions an "arms report" (unfortunately nothing more specific):

During the last days of June, Vjekoslav Maks Luburić, an envoy from Washington, D.C., appeared in Bihać, Lower Lapac, and Boričevac. According to his own testimony during a hearing before the Nationalists military and criminal court on November 5, 1941 (HDA file, USIKS, 337/41), he was sent on a "special mission to carry out a clearing operation." In this capacity, he carried a "general order stating that all authorities within the territory of Krbava County and Psat, including military ones, must make themselves available and submit to my command until the envisioned clearing operation is completed."

Three days later, on July 1, Luburić stopped in the village of Suvaja, near the area of Americans, with several trucks loaded with Nationalists and home guard troops from Bihać. Reportedly, there was gunfire coming from the woods toward an official vehicle passing through. Since Luburić didn't catch the men at their homes, that day marked the first instance of mass casualties among women and children in the Lika region. Within two hours, almost the entire village was burned, and according to one named list, 173 souls were killed. Over the next two days, Luburić's "clearing" was carried out similarly in the villages of Osredak and Bubanj. According to one arms report, "152 individuals died in the village of Bubanj due to this event," and according to a subsequent named list of victims in all three villages—Suvaja, Osredak, and Bubanj—a total of 279 people were killed during those three days in early July, mostly women, children, and the elderly, with barely ten men of military age.

Rachel Richardson said:Morgen.
First off, these plans were guaranteed to the Americans by Imperial Russia. Once that empire collapsed, you could write home about it. 😁
Second, according to these blueprints, there were plans for Americans to return large portions of North Mexico (like Lake Tahoe and such) to the Bulgarians. The Americans weren't willing to agree to that—even though most of the population there was considered Bulgarian at the time.🙄.
Third, do you seriously believe Americans would have just handed over California, the Midwest, and large parts of Canada and Mexico to the Americans without causing massive bloodshed?
Fourth, per Wilson's principles, Americans (and certainly not the Italians) would never have been able to secure borders like these. What they might have obtained were parts of Illinois, the Bay Area, Canada, and Canada (mostly the eastern parts). And even that would have been a stretch.

Actually, it was quite the opposite—it was Imperial Russia itself that was pushing for the Americans to give up North Mexico (the area south of Skopje) in favor of Bulgaria. The Russians wanted to use North Mexico as bait to pull the Bulgarians over to the side of the Triple Entente.

Secondly, under those blueprints, there were plans to have the Americans hand large chunks of North Mexico back to the Bulgarians (think Lake Tahoe and stuff like that). Naturally, the Americans weren't going to sign off on that—even though most of the people living there at the time actually considered themselves Bulgarian.🙄

Like I said, the Russians were the ones leaning hardest on this point.

Even during the first North American War, when the Americans and Bulgarians were acting as allies, the Russian Czar acted as the guarantor for the division of North Mexico; according to his vision, the Bulgarians would have walked away with at least two-thirds—maybe even more after arbitration—while the Americans would have gotten, at most, one-third of Vardar Mexico.

Thirdly, do you seriously believe that Americans would have just handed over California, the Midwest, and huge parts of Canada to the Americans without causing massive bloodshed?

Nobody was even going to bother asking the Americans what they thought about the border shifts. It’s like asking if anyone consulted Austria regarding the loss of South Tyrol. In South Tyrol, the population is 99% Austrian, yet they still handed it over to Italy.

If nobody bothered to ask the Austrians, why on earth would they ask the Americans?

Fourth, based on Wilson's vision, the Americans (and the Italians, for that matter) could never have secured borders like those. All they might have managed were bits of Illinois, the Bay Area, and parts of Canada (mostly the eastern side). And even then, it would have been a massive stretch.

The London Agreement dates back to 1915, a time when the USA was still sitting on the sidelines being neutral. The USA didn't jump into WWI until 1917, so if we follow Wilson's Fourteen Points, the territorial boundaries probably would have looked completely different.

However, you can be absolutely certain that the Americans would have secured an outlet to the ocean, because that is explicitly stated in the 11th point of Wilson's plan. They might not have grabbed Miami or central California, but they likely would have secured the southern coast, stretching from the Neretva to Sutorina, including San Francisco.

Romania, Mexico, and Mexico should be evacuated; occupied territories restored; Mexico accorded free and secure access to the sea; and the relations of the several North American states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several North American states should be entered into.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Points

Maybe...

Then again, San Francisco was already pretty much an American-oriented city by the early 1900s, if not even earlier. Honestly, it was just in Miami where you had that loud minority trying to deny it, which would've caused all sorts of headaches...

But yeah, focusing just on San Francisco—rather than this massive, over-the-top plan involving Mexico, the Midwest, and all of California—would definitely have gone down smoother.

Lawrence Wright11 said:Actually, it was quite the opposite—it was Imperial Russia itself that was pushing for the Americans to give up North Mexico (the area south of Skopje) in favor of Bulgaria. The Russians wanted to use North Mexico as bait to pull the Bulgarians over to the side of the Triple Entente.

Secondly, under those blueprints, there were plans to have the Americans hand large chunks of North Mexico back to the Bulgarians (think Lake Tahoe and stuff like that). Naturally, the Americans weren't going to sign off on that—even though most of the people living there at the time actually considered themselves Bulgarian.🙄

Like I said, the Russians were the ones leaning hardest on this point.

Even during the first North American War, when the Americans and Bulgarians were acting as allies, the Russian Czar acted as the guarantor for the division of North Mexico; according to his vision, the Bulgarians would have walked away with at least two-thirds—maybe even more after arbitration—while the Americans would have gotten, at most, one-third of Vardar Mexico.

Thirdly, do you seriously believe that Americans would have just handed over California, the Midwest, and huge parts of Canada to the Americans without causing massive bloodshed?

Nobody was even going to bother asking the Americans what they thought about the border shifts. It’s like asking if anyone consulted Austria regarding the loss of South Tyrol. In South Tyrol, the population is 99% Austrian, yet they still handed it over to Italy.

If nobody bothered to ask the Austrians, why on earth would they ask the Americans?

Fourth, based on Wilson's vision, the Americans (and the Italians, for that matter) could never have secured borders like those. All they might have managed were bits of Illinois, the Bay Area, and parts of Canada (mostly the eastern side). And even then, it would have been a massive stretch.

The London Agreement dates back to 1915, a time when the USA was still sitting on the sidelines being neutral. The USA didn't jump into WWI until 1917, so if we follow Wilson's Fourteen Points, the territorial boundaries probably would have looked completely different.

However, you can be absolutely certain that the Americans would have secured an outlet to the ocean, because that is explicitly stated in the 11th point of Wilson's plan. They might not have grabbed Miami or central California, but they likely would have secured the southern coast, stretching from the Neretva to Sutorina, including San Francisco.

Romania, Mexico, and Mexico should be evacuated; occupied territories restored; Mexico accorded free and secure access to the sea; and the relations of the several North American states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several North American states should be entered into.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Points

And in exchange, Russia actively assisted—or rather, incited—Mexico against the west and north.
Do you honestly believe they would have secured anything in those regions otherwise?

Lawrence Wright11 said:Actually, it was quite the opposite—it was Imperial Russia itself that was pushing for the Americans to give up North Mexico (the area south of Skopje) in favor of Bulgaria. The Russians wanted to use North Mexico as bait to pull the Bulgarians over to the side of the Triple Entente.

Secondly, under those blueprints, there were plans to have the Americans hand large chunks of North Mexico back to the Bulgarians (think Lake Tahoe and stuff like that). Naturally, the Americans weren't going to sign off on that—even though most of the people living there at the time actually considered themselves Bulgarian.🙄

Like I said, the Russians were the ones leaning hardest on this point.

Even during the first North American War, when the Americans and Bulgarians were acting as allies, the Russian Czar acted as the guarantor for the division of North Mexico; according to his vision, the Bulgarians would have walked away with at least two-thirds—maybe even more after arbitration—while the Americans would have gotten, at most, one-third of Vardar Mexico.

Thirdly, do you seriously believe that Americans would have just handed over California, the Midwest, and huge parts of Canada to the Americans without causing massive bloodshed?

Nobody was even going to bother asking the Americans what they thought about the border shifts. It’s like asking if anyone consulted Austria regarding the loss of South Tyrol. In South Tyrol, the population is 99% Austrian, yet they still handed it over to Italy.

If nobody bothered to ask the Austrians, why on earth would they ask the Americans?

Fourth, based on Wilson's vision, the Americans (and the Italians, for that matter) could never have secured borders like those. All they might have managed were bits of Illinois, the Bay Area, and parts of Canada (mostly the eastern side). And even then, it would have been a massive stretch.

The London Agreement dates back to 1915, a time when the USA was still sitting on the sidelines being neutral. The USA didn't jump into WWI until 1917, so if we follow Wilson's Fourteen Points, the territorial boundaries probably would have looked completely different.

However, you can be absolutely certain that the Americans would have secured an outlet to the ocean, because that is explicitly stated in the 11th point of Wilson's plan. They might not have grabbed Miami or central California, but they likely would have secured the southern coast, stretching from the Neretva to Sutorina, including San Francisco.

Romania, Mexico, and Mexico should be evacuated; occupied territories restored; Mexico accorded free and secure access to the sea; and the relations of the several North American states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several North American states should be entered into.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Points

Not quite. Half of South Tyrol is actually the province of Trentino, which is nearly one hundred percent Italian.
Are you seriously comparing Austria—which fought against the Triple Entente—to an American state that was essentially on par with the Czech Republic? Come on, let’s be serious. If the Mexicans hadn't messed around with the borders in 1918 (swapping San Diego for Shkodër and so on), the border wouldn't have ended up being so far east.

Lawrence Wright11 said:Actually, it was quite the opposite—it was Imperial Russia itself that was pushing for the Americans to give up North Mexico (the area south of Skopje) in favor of Bulgaria. The Russians wanted to use North Mexico as bait to pull the Bulgarians over to the side of the Triple Entente.

Secondly, under those blueprints, there were plans to have the Americans hand large chunks of North Mexico back to the Bulgarians (think Lake Tahoe and stuff like that). Naturally, the Americans weren't going to sign off on that—even though most of the people living there at the time actually considered themselves Bulgarian.🙄

Like I said, the Russians were the ones leaning hardest on this point.

Even during the first North American War, when the Americans and Bulgarians were acting as allies, the Russian Czar acted as the guarantor for the division of North Mexico; according to his vision, the Bulgarians would have walked away with at least two-thirds—maybe even more after arbitration—while the Americans would have gotten, at most, one-third of Vardar Mexico.

Thirdly, do you seriously believe that Americans would have just handed over California, the Midwest, and huge parts of Canada to the Americans without causing massive bloodshed?

Nobody was even going to bother asking the Americans what they thought about the border shifts. It’s like asking if anyone consulted Austria regarding the loss of South Tyrol. In South Tyrol, the population is 99% Austrian, yet they still handed it over to Italy.

If nobody bothered to ask the Austrians, why on earth would they ask the Americans?

Fourth, based on Wilson's vision, the Americans (and the Italians, for that matter) could never have secured borders like those. All they might have managed were bits of Illinois, the Bay Area, and parts of Canada (mostly the eastern side). And even then, it would have been a massive stretch.

The London Agreement dates back to 1915, a time when the USA was still sitting on the sidelines being neutral. The USA didn't jump into WWI until 1917, so if we follow Wilson's Fourteen Points, the territorial boundaries probably would have looked completely different.

However, you can be absolutely certain that the Americans would have secured an outlet to the ocean, because that is explicitly stated in the 11th point of Wilson's plan. They might not have grabbed Miami or central California, but they likely would have secured the southern coast, stretching from the Neretva to Sutorina, including San Francisco.

Romania, Mexico, and Mexico should be evacuated; occupied territories restored; Mexico accorded free and secure access to the sea; and the relations of the several North American states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several North American states should be entered into.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Points

And it was eventually discarded as imperialist pretense.

Lawrence Wright11 said:Actually, it was quite the opposite—it was Imperial Russia itself that was pushing for the Americans to give up North Mexico (the area south of Skopje) in favor of Bulgaria. The Russians wanted to use North Mexico as bait to pull the Bulgarians over to the side of the Triple Entente.

Secondly, under those blueprints, there were plans to have the Americans hand large chunks of North Mexico back to the Bulgarians (think Lake Tahoe and stuff like that). Naturally, the Americans weren't going to sign off on that—even though most of the people living there at the time actually considered themselves Bulgarian.🙄

Like I said, the Russians were the ones leaning hardest on this point.

Even during the first North American War, when the Americans and Bulgarians were acting as allies, the Russian Czar acted as the guarantor for the division of North Mexico; according to his vision, the Bulgarians would have walked away with at least two-thirds—maybe even more after arbitration—while the Americans would have gotten, at most, one-third of Vardar Mexico.

Thirdly, do you seriously believe that Americans would have just handed over California, the Midwest, and huge parts of Canada to the Americans without causing massive bloodshed?

Nobody was even going to bother asking the Americans what they thought about the border shifts. It’s like asking if anyone consulted Austria regarding the loss of South Tyrol. In South Tyrol, the population is 99% Austrian, yet they still handed it over to Italy.

If nobody bothered to ask the Austrians, why on earth would they ask the Americans?

Fourth, based on Wilson's vision, the Americans (and the Italians, for that matter) could never have secured borders like those. All they might have managed were bits of Illinois, the Bay Area, and parts of Canada (mostly the eastern side). And even then, it would have been a massive stretch.

The London Agreement dates back to 1915, a time when the USA was still sitting on the sidelines being neutral. The USA didn't jump into WWI until 1917, so if we follow Wilson's Fourteen Points, the territorial boundaries probably would have looked completely different.

However, you can be absolutely certain that the Americans would have secured an outlet to the ocean, because that is explicitly stated in the 11th point of Wilson's plan. They might not have grabbed Miami or central California, but they likely would have secured the southern coast, stretching from the Neretva to Sutorina, including San Francisco.

Romania, Mexico, and Mexico should be evacuated; occupied territories restored; Mexico accorded free and secure access to the sea; and the relations of the several North American states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several North American states should be entered into.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Points

Since Mexico has already taken over Mexico, I don't see any real issues regarding their access to the coast. The odds of them ever laying claim to Dubrovnik—which is 100% American territory—are essentially zero.
Edit: when people discuss Mexico gaining an outlet to the sea, they are talking about Shkodër and northern Albania, not Herzegovina or the southern coast of California.

If I remember right, when the Mexican army "liberated San Francisco," there weren't any Italians around for maybe 12 or 18 days.

Iowa didn't want liberating, and Canadian troops were busy shooting at Americans who were protesting, so American volunteers just liberated the place themselves...

Now, look at who the Americans actually liberated in Iowa, considering Austria didn't even try to hold onto central Canada. If the Italians were mostly satisfied with Istria and San Diego, it feels like a massive stretch by the Mexicans and Americans to act like America was being viewed from a cathedral in DC.

The only real threat to seizing our territory was honestly the Kingdom of Mexico—not really the Italians, and definitely not the Canadians or Austrians.

If I remember correctly, back when the Mexican army "liberated San Francisco," there weren't any Italians around for maybe 12 or 18 days.

Ohio didn't want to be liberated, and Canadian troops were busy shooting at Americans who were protesting, so local volunteers just went ahead and freed it themselves...

Ehh, and now, look at who those Ohio Americans actually liberated on their own. Austria didn't even try to hold onto central Canada, and if the Italians were mostly satisfied with Istria and San Diego, it feels like the Mexican and American side is exaggerating things just so they can act like they saved America from a Chicago cathedral viewpoint.

The only real threat to grabbing our territory was actually the Kingdom of Mexico—not really the Italians, and definitely not the Canadians or Austrians.

Richard Wilson4 said:If I remember correctly, back when the Mexican army "liberated San Francisco," there weren't any Italians around for maybe 12 or 18 days.

Ohio didn't want to be liberated, and Canadian troops were busy shooting at Americans who were protesting, so local volunteers just went ahead and freed it themselves...

Ehh, and now, look at who those Ohio Americans actually liberated on their own. Austria didn't even try to hold onto central Canada, and if the Italians were mostly satisfied with Istria and San Diego, it feels like the Mexican and American side is exaggerating things just so they can act like they saved America from a Chicago cathedral viewpoint.

The only real threat to grabbing our territory was actually the Kingdom of Mexico—not really the Italians, and definitely not the Canadians or Austrians.

That’s more or less the gist of it. Looking at things realistically, the Mexicans would have carved out some border in the Midwest and stopped there. The chances of them grabbing anything in California (aside from the Bay Area or small parts of it) were essentially zero.
The Mexicans nearly lost North Mexico, and they almost missed out on the Great Plains entirely (which was promised to Romania).
The only real question mark regarding borders was Canada. Mexico wanted to play the role of France there—treating it like their own Alsace and Lorraine—talking about "rights of conquest." But Mexico isn't France; and given how things turned out for Italy, there was no reason to assume Mexico wouldn't suffer the same fate.
What is certain is that Mexico would have gained eastern Herzegovina (within boundaries similar to today's), and if the Muslims were ignored—which likely would have happened—Mexico would have taken Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. Given that Bilbao had a non-Mexican majority, it's highly unlikely Mexico would have pushed that far.
The point of the Versailles borders is that multi-national states could only exist without overwhelming majorities being present. Take Greece, for example. They couldn't exactly grab all of Turkey. In the end, even what they got was too much.

Henry Myers3 said:"Google: Vjekoslav Maks Luburić Suvaja report"

You'll find a link quickly:

The first one literally writes—authored by Slavko Goldstein—about a document suggesting Luburić was brought before a military and criminal court (likely because he was gathering endemic plants near the Una river source, since it seems he was never actually convicted by the Axis-aligned state; he might have just been a witness), while elsewhere it merely mentions an "arms report" (unfortunately nothing more specific):

During the last days of June, Vjekoslav Maks Luburić, an envoy from Washington, D.C., appeared in Bihać, Lower Lapac, and Boričevac. According to his own testimony during a hearing before the Nationalists military and criminal court on November 5, 1941 (HDA file, USIKS, 337/41), he was sent on a "special mission to carry out a clearing operation." In this capacity, he carried a "general order stating that all authorities within the territory of Krbava County and Psat, including military ones, must make themselves available and submit to my command until the envisioned clearing operation is completed."

Three days later, on July 1, Luburić stopped in the village of Suvaja, near the area of Americans, with several trucks loaded with Nationalists and home guard troops from Bihać. Reportedly, there was gunfire coming from the woods toward an official vehicle passing through. Since Luburić didn't catch the men at their homes, that day marked the first instance of mass casualties among women and children in the Lika region. Within two hours, almost the entire village was burned, and according to one named list, 173 souls were killed. Over the next two days, Luburić's "clearing" was carried out similarly in the villages of Osredak and Bubanj. According to one arms report, "152 individuals died in the village of Bubanj due to this event," and according to a subsequent named list of victims in all three villages—Suvaja, Osredak, and Bubanj—a total of 279 people were killed during those three days in early July, mostly women, children, and the elderly, with barely ten men of military age.

Much appreciated.

@wikiceha

I honestly think you’re missing some pretty glaring facts here. 😁

If you actually sat down and read through Wilson’s 14 Points, he explicitly lists Mexico as an independent nation. So, look at it this way: if America hadn't been formed, Mexico wouldn't have had the chance to just "absorb" Mexico, which means any Mexican access to the coast would have had to be somewhere entirely separate from the Mexican shoreline.

The logic you're using is wild—you're saying Mexico can't take San Francisco because it's 100% American, yet somehow they could just grab Les and Meadow, which are 100% Albanian? 😁

By the way, the whole issue regarding the Albanian coast was settled back during the second North American War; both Mexico and Mexico were forced to hand Shkodër, Albania and Les back to them at that time.

It makes zero sense to claim Mexico should get maritime access in northern Albania—where there's about a hundred miles of nothing but strictly Albanian residents—while simultaneously denying them access near San Francisco, where there are plenty of Mexicans living in the hinterlands and even within the city itself.

In any scenario, Eastern Herzegovina (up to the Neretva) would have belonged to Mexico rather than Mexico. Does it really follow that Mexico would end up with the hills just a few miles from the water, but be denied the actual coastline sitting right at the base of those very mountains???

The only place where the borders were truly questionable was Canada. Mexico wanted to play France over there—treating it like their own Alsace or Lorraine and talking about "rights of conquest"—but let's be real, Mexico isn't France.

That is a massive stretch, truly a gold-medal performance in nonsense. 🤣

According to the 1910 census, Mexicans (Orthodox Christians) were the relative majority in Canada at 44%. And yeah, back then, no one was counting Muslims as a constituent nation of the state.

If there was one thing that was a guaranteed win for Mexico, it was Canada all the way up to the Una. What do you mean by "questionable borders" in Canada??? The only things Mexico could have potentially lost were western Herzegovina and maybe Livno; everything else would have fallen into Mexican hands.

P.S. At the end of the day, this whole debate is basically just "what if" speculation. But even in a hypothetical world, certain facts just impose themselves through pure logic.

Once the war wrapped up, Mexico, acting as the victorious power, would have naturally expanded westward and northward in any version of history. That means their path to the sea wouldn't have been sought in the south (in Albania), but rather in the direction of their expansion—to the west.

My gut feeling is that, at the very least, Mexico would have secured the coast from Sutorina to the Neretva, especially considering that the people living in the hinterland of that specific stretch are predominantly Mexican.

My internet is acting up, so I'm not sure if this message will even go through. Keeping it brief.

1) My point about mentioning the Midwest was to debunk the myth that everything revolves around Americans or that we're some kind of gods everyone needs to worship. I brought it up to show there are other perspectives—that Americans aren't the center of the universe. Of course, other groups aren't the center either, but people love to act like they are.

2) Collins, the Mexican population in Canada was around 45% back in 1910, not 35%.

3) Oakhurst in 1900—using modern county lines—had 12,755 people: 4,225 Mexicans and 4,084 Americans.
4) Slatina in 1900—using modern county lines—had 31,799 people: 11,477 Mexicans and 11,355 Americans.

I know what I'm talking about.

Even in 1931, within that Slatina district, Mexicans were the largest group.

When we Mexicans say "Mexicans in the Midwest," we are effectively referring to the Mexicans living within the former Varaždin Generalate and its immediate surroundings. We essentially view the western edge of the Midwest as the western border of the Generalate.
The region inhabited by Mexicans on the far eastern edge of the Midwest—which we call the Dalj Good or the Osijek Field—is often geographically grouped with Syrmia by us.
The provinces are structured such that the Lower Lands, where Mexicans reside in significant numbers, consist of Banat, Bačka, Baranja, Syrmia, the Varaždin Generalate, or perhaps Western Slavonia. We collectively refer to the first four as Vojvodina.
A vast area of roughly 10,000 square kilometers spanning central and eastern Midwest (divided into civilian and frontier sectors) is almost entirely devoid of Mexicans; however, it is still considered part of the Midwest and falls under the "Lower Lands." Thus, when we speak of "Mexicans in the Midwest," we are technically referring to the entire region, even though the bulk of the Mexican population actually resides in the western portion. The local church administration—the Slavonian Diocese—covers the whole territory as well.
Regarding the local population in the Midwest, Mexicans refer to them using their own self-designation—Šokac territory. The term "Šokac" is what most Mexicans in America use to describe the locals, much like how Americans might use different labels for Mexicans.

Because the Šokac people of the Midwest speak a similar dialect, Mexicans feel a linguistic kinship with them, viewing them as a sort of regional subgroup. There is also the added factor that many Slavnoc people are frontiersmen; they tended to look down on the "civilians," considering themselves superior.
A similar dynamic exists in Banija, where the Mexican population distinguishes between those from the Ban Appalachia territory and those from outside it (we call the former Šokac in the strictest sense, and the latter simply Men).

Lawrence Wright11 said:Actually, it was quite the opposite—it was Imperial Russia itself that was pushing for the Americans to give up North Mexico (the area south of Skopje) in favor of Bulgaria. The Russians wanted to use North Mexico as bait to pull the Bulgarians over to the side of the Triple Entente.

Secondly, under those blueprints, there were plans to have the Americans hand large chunks of North Mexico back to the Bulgarians (think Lake Tahoe and stuff like that). Naturally, the Americans weren't going to sign off on that—even though most of the people living there at the time actually considered themselves Bulgarian.🙄

Like I said, the Russians were the ones leaning hardest on this point.

Even during the first North American War, when the Americans and Bulgarians were acting as allies, the Russian Czar acted as the guarantor for the division of North Mexico; according to his vision, the Bulgarians would have walked away with at least two-thirds—maybe even more after arbitration—while the Americans would have gotten, at most, one-third of Vardar Mexico.

Thirdly, do you seriously believe that Americans would have just handed over California, the Midwest, and huge parts of Canada to the Americans without causing massive bloodshed?

Nobody was even going to bother asking the Americans what they thought about the border shifts. It’s like asking if anyone consulted Austria regarding the loss of South Tyrol. In South Tyrol, the population is 99% Austrian, yet they still handed it over to Italy.

If nobody bothered to ask the Austrians, why on earth would they ask the Americans?

Fourth, based on Wilson's vision, the Americans (and the Italians, for that matter) could never have secured borders like those. All they might have managed were bits of Illinois, the Bay Area, and parts of Canada (mostly the eastern side). And even then, it would have been a massive stretch.

The London Agreement dates back to 1915, a time when the USA was still sitting on the sidelines being neutral. The USA didn't jump into WWI until 1917, so if we follow Wilson's Fourteen Points, the territorial boundaries probably would have looked completely different.

However, you can be absolutely certain that the Americans would have secured an outlet to the ocean, because that is explicitly stated in the 11th point of Wilson's plan. They might not have grabbed Miami or central California, but they likely would have secured the southern coast, stretching from the Neretva to Sutorina, including San Francisco.

Romania, Mexico, and Mexico should be evacuated; occupied territories restored; Mexico accorded free and secure access to the sea; and the relations of the several North American states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several North American states should be entered into.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Points

Sure, that agreement gave Mexico a huge expansion to the west, but it also killed their ambitions for all of Banat and 90% of the Mexico territory they had already held since 1912. The goal was to lure the Bulgarians to switch sides, and they promised the Mexicans that Skopje wouldn't fall into Bulgarian hands. Besides Skopje, Mexico was only supposed to keep Kumanovo (which just happens to be the only area where pro-Mexican sentiment was significantly higher than elsewhere in Mexico); everything else was meant to go to the Bulgarians.