Brazil (A Whole New World)

Embraer`s factory in Sao Jose dos Campos, SP ingdom of Brazil (Reino do Brazil in portuguese) or just Brazil is a country located in South America, in the central east region, it's a high development country that borders, Siwlleth in the south with the rio del plata, Andes, Bolivia and Rosario in southwest, in the west with Cerrado, in the north with COE and with New Holland (Philipeia Province). It used to be the largest country in South America, but after a lot of events, like the Regencial period, it lost more than 50% of it territory.

The country is made by 24 federal unities (23 states and 1 federal district, Green district, which is where the capital, Audrei, is located)

Etymology
The word Brazil comes from the portuguese word of a type of tree called "Brazilwood" pau-brasil in portuguese. In Guarany, a indigenous language, The country is called Pindorama which means "Land of Palm Trees"

Portuguese Colonization
The Portuguese Empire on 22 of April 1500 claimed the land that is called Brazil nowadays. Pedro Alvares Cabral landed in the region near the city of Porto Seguro, on Bahia state, there he met indigenous tribes who spoke guarani language. Though the first settlement was founded in 1532, colonization was effectively begun in 1534, when King of Portugal divided the territory into the fifteen private and autonomous Capitaincy of Brazil

United Kingdom of Portugal
In the start of 19th century the Napoleonic troops and the Spanish threatened the mainland Portugal, making the Prince Regent João moving the portuguese court to Brazil, establishing some of Brazil's first financial institutions, such as its local stock exchange, and its National Bank, additionally ending the Portuguese monopoly on Brazilian trade and opening Brazil to other nations. In 1809, in retaliation for being forced into exile, the Prince Regent ordered the invasion of French Guiana.

At the time, the Welsh had already taken the colony of Siwlleth, as the British had close ties with Portugual they gave to them the southern part of Cisplatina province as a gift.

The Independence process
The independence process was quite messy, one of the best known movement is the movement of independence led by "Tiradentes"

After some tensions with the Portuguese Court about a try of making Brazil a colony again, The Brazilians refused to yield and the Prince Pedro I stood with them, in September 7th the independence was declared and by him, and after that he was nominated the King of Brazil

Regencial times
The regencial time was the most turbulent period of Brazil, it started when Pedro I left brazil, going to Portugal, to take care of his father Joao VI. As Pedro II, his son, was too young to reign, 3 regents were stablished to govern temporarily, but after it became a 1 regent dictatorship, which created a lots of problems

Contemporary era
Alike all the southern south américa countries, and New Holland, Brazil never had a period which was dominated by a dictatorship, it's been always, since independence, a Parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

Economy
Brazil is the largest economy of South and Latin America, second largest in America, and fourth in the world in GDP according to 2017 estimations. Brazil has a mixed economy with abundant natural resources.

Climate
Brazil's climate is a mixture of sub-tropical and tropical, It can snow on the south and It can make really high temperatures on the north.

Administrative regions
Brazil is a country composed of 23 states, one federal district (which contains the capital city, Audrei ) and municipalities. States have autonomous administrations, collect their own taxes and receive a share of taxes collected by the government. They have a governor and a unicameral legislative body elected directly by their voters. They also have independent Courts of Law for common justice. Despite this, states have much less autonomy to create their own laws than in the United States. For example, criminal and civil laws can be voted by only the federal bicameral Congress and are uniform throughout the country.

Demography
Brazil has a large population of 157,489,778 inhabitants

Urbanization




Sports
Brazil is powerhouse on sports and has a diverse variety of popular sports, The most popular ones are Football and volley, which is popular in the whole country, baseball, mainly on the central-east region, ice hockey on the south and basketball on the north. Brazil is also strong in induvidual sports like Tennis, Racing and others.