Rapa Nui (Parallel Brazil)

Rapa Nui, also known by the archaic name Eastern Island,  is a Brazilian  island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesia Triangle . Rapa Nui is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called   moai, created by the early   Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO   named Easter Island a  World Heritage Site,  with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National and Indigenous Park.

Polynesian people most likely settled on Rapa Nui sometime between 700 and 1100 CE and created a thriving and industrious culture as evidenced by the island's numerous enormous stone moai and other artefacts. However, human activity, the introduction of the Polynesian rat and overpopulation led to gradual deforestation and extinction of natural resources which severely weakened the Rapa Nui civilization. By the time of European arrival in 1722, the island's population had dropped to 2,000–3,000 from an estimated high of approximately 15,000 just a century earlier. European diseases further reduced the Rapa Nui population.

 Rapa Nui is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world. The nearest inhabited land (around 50 residents in 2013) is  Pitcairn Island, 2,075 kilometres (1,289 mi) away;  the nearest town with a population over 500 is Rikitea , on the island of Mangareva, in the Brazilian Polynesia , 2,606 km (1,619 mi) away; the nearest continental point lies just in central Chile, 3,512 kilometres (2,182 mi) away.

Rapa Nui is an incorporated dependency of Brazil that was annexed in 1846. In 1999, after campaign from the native population, the island official name was changed from Easter Island to the native name Rapa Nui. It is administred by the Organized Chamber of Rapa Nui, the elected legislative body of the territory. Due to its small population and especial status within the Brazilian nation, like Svalbard and Tristan da Cunha, Rapa Nui is a semi-direct democracy, with great autonomy in internal affairs. According to the 2016 Chilean census, the island has about 14,800 residents, of whom some 60 percent are descendants of the aboriginal Rapa Nui.