Portuguese Republic (2008)

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== After the Pandemic ==
After the pandemic hit the European countries of the Portuguese State and Lisbon, and ravaged them badly, the populations decreased greatly, along with stability. Stability slowly started rising, and by 2025, the pandemic was declared over, and life returned to normal.
Lisbon restarted trade with other countries, and became one of the most important cities in the world, rivaling Dubai and Paris. Meanwhile, in Portugal, the government made a series of bad decisions which led to the economy decreasing, and relations with neighbors becoming tense.
Lisbon decided to form an alliance between itself, Andalusia, and Galicia, to ensure Portugal would not declare war on other nations, yet the authoritarian government, who wanted to keep control of it’s people, decided to declare war on Portugal.
== The War of 2033 ==
Portugal thus activated the alliance, and due to the alliance not having as many troops on the border of Portugal, it started an offensive into the members of the alliance. The international community reacted in a pro-Lisbon way.
Lisbon started to be pushed into, yet due to having a smaller space to concentrate it’s military, it managed to hold a stalemate. In Galicia, a majority of the Portuguese army pushed in, taking over half of the region before being stopped.
Andalusia, the strongest country in the alliance, started to push into Portugal, taking much of the south of the country, while Lisbon started to push into Portugal’s center. Galicia started to push back too, and after Lisbon and Galicia started to near Porto, the biggest battle of the war took place.
Troops from all the nations in the alliance started to surround the capitol by sea, and the ground troops started to encircle the city overall. The military attempted to defend the city center, yet that left an opening for most of the city to be taken, except for the city center. With that, the military started to fall. The defense lasted for a few more weeks, yet soon fell.
The Portuguese surrendered, and for the peace treaty, while Andalusia got half of the southern coast and Galicia got the north, the majority went to Lisbon, which formed the Portuguese Republic.
== The Andalusian War ==
The Portuguese government put much effort into rebuilding the cities, while also expanding it’s trade power throughout the world. An incorporation program was started, yet tension started to rise between old allies. The alliance was dissolved, and Portugal and Andalusia strengthened their militaries, with Galicia deciding to pursue neutrality.
War soon broke out between the old allies, with Andalusia starting a push into southern Portugal. They pushed around the coast, and started a slight spearhead to capture Lisbon, yet the army of Portugal soon arrived and started to push back the rival.
However, Andalusia, with about half of it’s army, decided to make a push into Portugal, taking much of the nation, and eventually reaching the outskirts of Lisbon.
Galicia, appalled by the events taking place, decided to abandon neutrality, and join the war on Portugal’s side. With extra military, Portugal soon started to make a pushback, pushing the Andalusian troops out of most of their country, yet they managed to keep the southern coast.
Portugal, Andalusia, and Galicia eventually agreed to peace, letting Andalusia take the southern coast of Portugal, yet making it pay war reparations, but a small amount. Portugal started to regain it’s trading influence, and recovery programs started, causing much of the countryside, hurt by both wars, to start to recover. 
As of 2050, Portugal is a nation of trading wealth and influence, with neutral or good relations with all of it’s neighbors, a recovering countryside, a rich capital, a wealthy population, and a strong democracy.
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