| Republican Federal of Brazil República Federal do Brasil | ||||||
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 Location of Brazil in South America
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| Capital | Recife | |||||
| Largest city | Rio de Janeiro | |||||
| Official languages | Portuguese (nationwide official) | |||||
| Other languages | Spanish French (co-official in Brazilian Guiana) |
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| Ethnic groups (2021) | 64,5 % White 20,9% Mixed 9,5% Black 7,5% East Asian 1,1% Indigenous |
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| Government | Presidential parlametarism | |||||
| - | Prime-Minister | João Doria | ||||
| - | President | Heitor Jefferson | ||||
| - | Lower house | National Parliament | ||||
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| - | Independence from Portugal | Octuber 8, 1848 | ||||
| - | Recognition | Octuber 8, 1848 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | Estimate | 320,500,000 (3th) | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2021 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | 39,533,122 (1th) | ||||
| Currency | Americo (A$) | |||||
Brazil, officially the Federal Republic of Brazil, is a large country located in South America. It is the fifth largest country in the world and also the third most populous, with more than 320 million inhabitants. Like Nova Portuguesa, it is a country in America where the Portuguese language is mostly spoken and the second largest Portuguese-speaking country on the planet, behind Nova Portuguesa. Brazil is one of the most multicultural countries in the world, and the most in America, surpassing the United Provinces and Nova Portuguesa.
It was a colony of Portugal for over 300 years. In 1840, the Enlightenment movement ended up gaining a lot of strength in the region, which made 8 years later (1848) that Charles Fonçeca proclaimed the republic and independence of Brazil, with his phrase ''Liberty or Death!''. In the period of the ''first republic'' (between 1848 and 1932), the country had a completely stable policy from the 1920s onwards due to several scandals. By the 19th century, the Brazilian GDP grew a lot, important railways were created across the country and economic influence across the continent. With the abolition of slavery in 1870, it ended up resulting in the Brazilian Succession War between the southerners (defenders of slavery) and the government. In 1905, the Panama Canal was created, an important construction that connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. In the mid-nineteenth century, it received many immigrants in the region of Rio de Janeiro and Recife. With the end of the Great World War, Brazil became the greatest economic and military power in the world. It played a leading role in the Cold War against the other power, the Shun Empire, which officially ended in 1987 with the Recife agreement.
Brazil is a developed country and forms the largest national economy in the world, with a gross domestic product (GDP) that in 2021 was 30.6 trillion Americas, equivalent to 32% of world GDP by purchasing power parity (PPP). ) of 2019. Its economy is fueled by an abundance of natural resources, a well-developed infrastructure and high productivity, and despite being considered a post-industrial economy, the country remains one of the largest manufacturers in the world. The country is also the world's largest power, having influence across America and an arsenal of 1,200 nuclear bombs. The country is a member of the OPM, American Union, OFU, WMO, OTA, G10, G25, and the League of Petroleum Nations (LNP).