United Republics (Triangles and Crosses)

United Republics of Portugal, Galicia and the Algarve Repúblicas Unidas de Portugal, Galícia e Algarve Timeline: Triangles and Crosses OTL equivalent: Portugal and Galicia
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem:  Hino da Maria da Fonte
Localization of the United Republics.
Capital		Aveiro
Largest city		Lisbon (Portugal) Santiago de Compostela (Galicia) Faro (Algarve)
Official languages		Portuguese Galician
Religion		Secular state
Demonym		Lusitanian (commonly) Portuguese Galician
Government		Confederal constitutional semi-presidential republic
-	President	Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
-	Prime Minister	Anxo Quintana
Legislature		Assembly of the Union
Establishment		of the Union
-	Treaty of Braga	May 24th, 1978
-	Formal Unification of Portugal, Galicia and the Algarve	February 13th, 2002
-	Current constitution	March 3rd, 2003
Area
-	Total	121,786 km2  47,022 sq mi
Population
-	2018 estimate	12,978,360
GDP (PPP)		2020 estimate
-	Total	358,070 billion
-	Per capita	34,935
GDP (nominal)		2020 estimate
-	Total	243.229 billion
-	Per capita	23,731
Gini (2018)		31.9 (medium)
HDI (2018)		0.865 (very high)
Currency		Euro (€) (EUR)
Time zone		UTC (WET) UTC−1 (Atlantic/Azores)
Date formats		dd/mm/yyyy
Drives on the		right
Internet TLD		.ur .pt .gal
Calling code		+351

The United Republics of Portugal, Galicia and the Algarve (Portuguese/Galician: Repúblicas Unidas de Portugal, Galícia e o Algarve), more commonly known as the United Republics (Portuguese/Galician: Repúblicas Unidas), informally referred to as Portugalicia, is a country located in the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west and to the northeast by Castile.

Prior to the unification, Portugal once was one of the largest empires of the world, holding colonies in the Americas (Brazil and Newfoundland), Africa (Angola, Bissau, Cape Verde, Dahomey, Kongo, Mozambique, and Zambezia), Asia (several holdings in India, the Gulf States and Macao), and Oceania (Timor), while Galicia was a constituent kingdom of the Spanish Empire, and then a republic after the Dissolution of Spain. Algarve was during a period an independent kingdom from Portugal after the War of Portuguese Succession.

The country is mostly defined as a federation of the three nation-states of Portugal, Galicia, the Algarve and the autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira. The ideas for reunification, also called the reintegracionismo, already existed, but rose after the independence of Galicia, but due to the Estado Novo and the lack of interest from the King of Portugal, both governments would sporadically negotiate until right after the Carnation Revolution, starting the Age of Integration between Galicia and Portugal. Ophiussa is the newest country in Europe, being effectively unified in 2002.

Ophiussa is a developed country with an advanced economy and high living standards. Additionally, it ranks highly in peacefulness, democracy, press freedom, stability, social progress, prosperity and English proficiency. A member of the Society of Nations, the European Union and the Council of Europe (CoE), Ophiussa was also one of the founding members of the Eurozone, the OECD, and the Lusophone Commonwealth as Portugal.

History

Constitutional monarchy (1822–1927)

Main article: Kingdom of Portugal