You could allow the user to choose between internal and external tests, where the internal tests are much simpler, maybe including a trivial self-contained webserver to make sure everything works.
Help me out here. I'm trying to imagine why someone would want WWW::Mechanize without a net connection. Or are you saying that people will want to use it strictly behind a restrictive firewall where google.com isn't accessible?
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