Circa
Not quite
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Not quite "modern" but the "Azteks" still have an empire, or at least a country, circa about the late 19th century in Brandon Sanderson's alternate universe YA steampunk fantasy The Rithmatist.
Source: Modern Mayincatec Empire -
Future Timeline.net predicts that 3-d printers will be a mainstream product by 2015 (not quite, sadly), to be supplanted by nanofabricators in 2062 and true matter replicators circa 2190.
Source: Matter Replicator
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