Confederacy of Brazil

## Summary

The **Confederacy of Brazil** (**Confederação do Brasil**), officially the **Confederated Kingdoms of Brazil**, or Brazil is a South American nation established in 1866..

## Dominion

The vast areas of Brazil span from the Atlantic Ocean to the Western Jungle approach to the Andes Mountains. The nation spans from the northern boundary with Suriname and Guyana to the Rio de la Plata and the Uruguay River. The country spans 8.76 million square kilometres, encompassing French Antarctique, the Empire of Brazil and the Kingdom of Uruguay.

## History

### Pre-Confederacy Years

The Brazilian state as a concept was born in 1807 when it entered into a union with Portugal upon threat of Spanish invasion. Spain invaded Portugal in 1805, and after two years of long war, the Portuguese Royal Family saw that their country was lost, and fled to Brazil. The Portuguese state would be retaken in 1809, but the royal family remained in Brazil, and they furthered resentment for the family while there. This lead to the Brazilian internal war, which, while not officially a conflict, saw intense infighting between political identities. This lead to the formation of the Brazilian Empire.

In 1822 the Empire of Brazil was formed, headed by Pedro I. The empire saw years of stability until the sudden death of Pedro II, sparking rebellions across the nation and provoking the drafting of the Confederation Treaties. After the Emperor died, Deodoro da Fonseca slyly took control of the Government amidst the Uruguayan Crisis. Deodoro da Fonseca was a military commander, who had the support of the troops, and could rally behind the Uruguayan Crisis.

The Uruguayan crisis began in 1887 after a group of paid Brazilian militants, blew up a Uruguayan bridge. Before the Uruguayans could issue a diplomatic response, Da Fonseca rallied the Army against Uruguay, framing the bridge as a Uruguayan plot against Brazil. The Brazilian military quickly overran Uruguay, integrating it into Brazil.

After the annexation of Uruguay, and Da Fonseca dissolved the Empire and National Congress established by Pedro II, protests swept the nation, which eventually resulted in the military revolting against Da Fonseca and seizing control of the Government. In 1864 Floriano Peixoto, a popular Military man and Politician, called upon newly independent French Antarctique and the Kingdom of Uruguay to draft the Confederation Treaties.

### Confederation Treaties

In 1865, following the Uruguayan Crisis, which saw the annexation of Uruguay by Brazil, the Confederation Treaties were devised and debated in Rio de Janeiro. Prior to talks of Confederation, French Antarctique, originally established as a colony in Northeastern South America be France in 1503, but soon fell due to lack of funds and neglect. A renewed colony was established in the same location again in 1675, which would remain until 1866.

The confederation Treaties were a series of agreements devised at various times throughout 1864-65 involving representatives from Brazil, French Antarctique and the Kingdom of Uruguay. The agreements saw the unification of the three states into a single political entity, Officially known as the Confederacy of Brazil.

In 1874 the Confederacy oversaw and militarily intervened in the Chilean-Peruvian War. The Brazilians ousted the Bolivian leader and replaced him, and seeded some southern land to Chile. This saw the maintenance of the Bolivian Republic until this day. Throughout the nineteenth century the Confederacy intervened and stabilized most of South America until the Great War, which has led to unprecedented peace and stability in the continent, and for the most part the maintaining of the 1860 borders of South America.

### Pseudo-Monarchist Government

During the early years of the confederacy 1866-1895, the country was under a pseudo-monarchist government. This government saw the Crown of each nation of the confederacy, appoint a number of representatives to the assembly of the nation. Each crown also had complete control of the affairs of his dominion within the nation, provided he didn't overrule something the assembly had already decided on.

While this system worked in the beginning, it quickly saw the largest entity within the nation, Brazil herself, overrule all other nations in the assembly by shear population and the number of representatives that her crown could delegate. It also saw rampant corruption within each crown's bureaucracy.

## Modern Government

During the years since Brazilian confederation, the nation has seen great liberal reform and its transitioning from a monarchy to a Republic under influence from American Diplomats. The Republican government was officially declared in 1895 after a push from liberals and conservatives under all crowns to abolish the unfair system of the assembly. The new system saw the establishment of the senate, comprised of 25 senators from each treaty nation. I addition the senate had an additional 12 appointed to represent Brazil, five for Uruguay and 7 for Antarctique. Officially all other senators were independent from region and represented the entire country.

The system also saw the election of a President, separate from the Senate, and the drafting of a constitution, taking great influence from the Americans.