The Brief:The United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos), or simply Mexico (Spanish: Mxico (helpinfo)), is a country located in North America, bounded on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the North Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. The United Mexican States comprise a constitutional republican federation of thirty-one states and a federal district, Mexico City, one of the most populous cities on Earth.
Covering almost 2 million square kilometers, Mexico is the 5th largest country in America by total area and 14th largest in the world. With a population of almost 109 million, it ..