Brésil (Principia Moderni IV Map Game)

The United Empire of Brésil (French: Empire Unis du Brésil) is a constitutional monarchy in Eastern Laurentia, originating as the Captaincy of New Valois (Nouveau Valois) and the Governorship of Antartique as a colonies under France. Brésil officially became independent in 1586, when they broke their union with Riviere D'Argent and wrote a constitution.

Discovery, Exploration, and Settlement
The territory of modern-day Brésil was first discovered in 1586 by the Burgundian explorer, David Lauwen. Most accounts record that Lauwen briefly landed ashore, before sailing north to Rupertstad. Once word of his discoveries made it back to Europe, the land became an interest of King Manuel I of Portugal. Manuel sponsored the first settlement in Brésil in 1529 at the location of modern-day Atterrir-Haut, then called São Paulo. Manuel created a royal charter named the new colony "Brasil" due to the discovery of the cash crop known was Brazil-wood. Even though it was named after the wood, the main export of the colony was sugarcane. By December of that year, one hundred and fifty settlers inhabited the colony.

Finally in 1543, the French captain Mathis Valentin reached land at modern-day Rivière du Comte and founded the first French settlement in the region. Around the same period, German merchants began flooding into southern parts of the region due to an increase in the extraction of Brazil-wood. Decades later, French settlements slowly move up the northeastern coast, leading to the foundation of Saint Pierre in 1578. Even though French hegemony in the region started to be established, Germans continued to migrate for Brazil-wood settling areas around Villellemande and even the Knights Hospitaller settled a small colony in the area in 1582. Through the 1600s the French colony continued to expand North and gained the name Brésilland for its wood. In 1630, yet another colony was founded, but this time under Frédéric, Comte d'Augsbourg the head of the French East India company in northern Brésil. This colony functioned as a major port for connect to the French East Indies, and sustained itself with its massive sugarcane production. Frédéric d'Augsbourg named the colony Nouvelle Calabre, which is the modern-day capital Nouveau Alençon.

Captaincy and Governorship
Since the beginning of French settlements in Brésil, the colonies were relatively unorganized under royal charters by the King of France. This was the situation until 1631, when the the head of the French East India company, Comte d'Augsbourg separated the charters into several French captaincies. These captaincies are given to families who in turn hold it as a fiefdom for the Royal East India Company, with its capital in Nouvelle Calabre. These families included the Orange, Welser, Fugger, and Medici among countless others. In order to stimulate growth and usage of the sugar plantations in the Captaincies, they begin to bring over African indentured servants from the Kingdom of Kongo.