What is the modern name of New Spain?
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New Spain was a viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire from 1535 to 1821. It was the largest, most populous, and most prosperous of the Spanish possessions in the Americas. The modern-day country of Mexico is the direct successor to New Spain.
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