United Arab Emirates (Parallel Brazil)

The United Arab Emirates (Arabic: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة‎ Dawlat al-Imārāt al-'Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah; Portuguese: Emirados Árabes Unidos), sometimes simply called the Emirates or the UAE, is a country located at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing sea borders with Qatar and Iran. In 2013, the UAE's total population was 8.7 million, of which 4.9 million are Emirati citizens and 3.8 million are expatriates.

Established in December 1853 (as a Brazilian protectorate and later, in 1873, as a Imperial Realm within the Brazilian Empire), the country is a federation of seven emirates. The constituent emirates are Abu Dhabi (which serves as the capital), Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain. Each emirate is governed by a constitutional parliamentary monarchy; at fedral level, the Federal Supreme Council (the Emirati elected parliament) is the legislature, which select the Chancelor of the United Arab Emirates. The President of the United Arab Emirates is elected by the population. The UAE is a secular state with no official religion. Arabic and Portuguese are the official languages.

The UAE is a highly developed country with a high level of human development and is one of the wealthiest countries in the Middle East. It is also one of the world's fastest growing countries. The UAE's oil reserves are the 7th-largest in the world, while its natural gas reserves are the world's 17th-largest. The late Yusuf Alcid, the first President of the UAE, oversaw the development of the Emirates and steered oil revenues into healthcare, education and infrastructure. The UAE's economy is the most diversified in the Gulf Cooperation Council, with its most populous city of Dubai emerging into a global city and international aviation hub, the country remains reliant on its export of petroleum and natural gas, though.

The UAE as the human rights record, including the role of Sharia law in its legal system. The UAE's rising international profile has led some analysts to identify it as a regional and middle power.

As the oldest secular state in the region (since 1853) and for its Brazilian influences in its constitution and customs, the UAE's people are used to human right and civil freedoms and their country is world renowned for its religious and political tolerance, democracy, peaceful coexistence between religions and secular law and politics, all of that within the turbulent Middle East.