Location: Lower third of the North American continent (23 00 N, 102 00 W)
Land Area: 1,923,040 square kilometers
Coastline: 9,330 kilometers
Highest Point: 5,700 meters (Volcan Pico de Orizaba)
Lowest Point: -10 meters (Laguna Salada)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP): $1.066 trillion (2005 est.)
GDP Per Capita: $10,000 (2005 est.)
Number of Workers: 37.38 million (2005 est.)
Unemployment Rate: 3.6%, plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2005 est.)
Industries: Petroleum, tourism, chemicals, mining, motor vehicles
Currency: Peso (MXN) What does it look like?

Type of Government: Federal Republic
Head of State: President Vincente Fox Quesada (since 1 December 2000)
Head of Government: President Vincente Fox Quesada (since 1 December 2000)
Capital City: Mexico City
Legal Age to Vote: 18
Flag Design: three vertical bands of color: green, white and red with a symbol of an eagle sitting on a cactus with a snake in its mouth in the center of the flag.
Official Language: Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages.
Religions: Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%.

Mexico declared its independence from Spain on September 16, 1810. It has struggled through the years with unemployment and under-employment, but has been making a significant comeback since the peso was devalued in 1994, which threw Mexico into its worst recession in 50 years.