Slimlandia

English Proper noun en informal Mexico, in which much of the economy and daily life is controlled by tycoon Carlos Slim Carlos Slim Helú. 2010-03-12 Tom Leonard Meet Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/7426733/Meet-Carlos-Slim-the-richest-man-in-the-world.html Through a sprawling empire of more than 200 companies – he has said he has "lost count" exactly how many – which encompass banking, retail, airlines, mining, printing, construction, restaurants and particularly telecoms, he has developed an economic stranglehold on his native country so vice-like that a new word – Slimlandia – had to be created to describe it. https://web.archive.org/web/20250915022214/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/7426733/Meet-Carlos-Slim-the-richest-man-in-the-world.html 15 September 2025 References Meet Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world The Daily Telegraph, 2010-03-12. Carlos Slim Helu: In the money, but who would know it? The Guardian, 2010-03-13. en eponyms