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Culturally, great emphasis has traditionally been placed on the Armed Forces by Mexregionans since the end of the Second Dark Ages and the dawn of the Republic era. After two centuries of outside rule, much of it brutal, due to military defeats, Mexregionans have considered a military capable of repelling outside attack to be a top priority. Even in the modern era, after more than three centuries of peace, “a strong military” continues to rank at the top when the public is surveyed about political policy preferences. In the 20th century into the 21st, it became recognized that Mexregiona had reached the limit of what military infrastructure it could reasonably sustain itself, and it began to reach out to global powers to form military relationships. As of 2021, three foreign countries maintain military bases in Mexregiona: [[Asendavia]], [[Great Morstaybishlia]], and [[Kuthernburg]]. These countries maintain personnel and equipment in Mexregiona for the defense of Mexregiona as well as for the advancement of their own interests in the High Rotantic region.

 

 

The Mexregionan intelligence service, MF, (''Meksrídzeionai Felderítés'', “Mexregionan Reconnaissance”) is legally organized as a sector of the Army, but for all intents and purposes is administered separately. The Director of Intelligence reports directly to the President, not to the Chief of Staff of the Army, though in times of declared war the Army Chief of Staff can legally override the Director of Intelligence in some matters. MF enjoys broad latitude under the law to act clandestinely overseas, though is significantly tempered in what it can do within the borders of the country. In 2020, the last year statistics are available, the top-line amount of funds allocated to MF was SHD $446,880,110 compared to a total budget for the entire federal government of SHD $24.8 billion—about 1.8% of the entire budget. Under the National Security Act of 2001, MF is exempt from nearly all budgetary reporting requirements except for the top-line figure of total allocation for the entire agency. Since 2004, the ratio of intelligence spending to the total budget has remained within 1.75% and 1.9%, peaking in 2004. The federal government does not comment on what its intelligence gathering priorities are, nor does it confirm or deny any alleged MF actions overseas.