Brazil (The Great Brazilian Empire)

Brazil (Brasil, in Portuguese), officially Empire of Brazil (Império do Brasil, in Portuguese), is the biggest country in both South and Latin America, the 5th biggest country in the world, and 5th most populous. It's the only country in America, where Portuguese is majorly spoken, and the biggest Portuguese speaking country in the world. Its Constitution, conceded in 1824, conceives Brazil as a parliamentary federal monarchy, formed by the union of 22 provinces, 4 territories, the Imperial Court, 214 counties and 3,120 townships.

Delimited on East by the Atlantic Ocean, Brazil has a 7,491 km (4,655 mi) coast. The countries borders with all the other countries in South America, except Chile and Ecuador. It borders with Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and the French Guyana on North; New Granada, Bolivia and Peru on West; Argentina and Paraguay on Southwest; and Uruguay on South. Several archipelagos are part of Brazil's territory, such as the Rocas Atoll, the Archipelago of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Fernando de Noronha, and Trinity and Matim Vaz. Brazil is also home to a diversity of wild animals, ecosystems and vast natural resources in great variety of protected habitats.