Rio Grande

The Republic of Rio Grande (Portuguese: República do Rio Grande) is a nation located between the southern part of the continent of South America. It's territory extends all over the borders of the Uruguay river to the Farrapos, which are a conjunction of rivers between the coast of Rio Grande. It's capital is Farroupilha, and it's official language is Portuguese.

## Republic of Rio Grande

República do Rio Grande (Portuguese)

Motto: "Eis Aqui O Galardao" Anthem: "Hino Rio-Grandense"

## History

The Portuguese first landed in the south of the American continent in the middle of the 1500's, when they had discovered a tribe called the Charruas. After a treaty of peace between them and the Portuguese which has made at the former city of Curuzu, the land has been part of the Portuguese Empire as part of the Empire of Brazil.

The First Royal Congress of Brazil has been made in the city of Porto Novo, in the captaincy of Rio Grande. It had been ended with a treaty signed by the general of the nation and the royal mayor of the town. That treaty had been promoving the southern part of the territory of Brazil to a more autonomic territory, called the Southern Empire (Imperio do Sul), which also consisted of the current nations of Laguna and Uruguay.

The Cisplatina War was a war between the Spanish and the Portuguese in 1632, when the Spanish people had been signing a decree of war due to the city of Montevideo being a trading port for the Spanish, and the Portuguese had been claiming most of the area as their own. The Spanish won the war, and after that, most of the territory had been brought to Spain.

After a war with the Wallachians and the Portuguese on the northern part of the Colony of Brazil in the same time, a huge part of the area has been brought to the Empire of Wallachia. Tne southern area has remained untouched because the Wallachians ran out of money to buy these lands, and after a territorial law that included the King of Portugal and the General of the Southern Empire, Antunes Barbosa, the territory had been known as the "New Colony of Brazil" (Nova Colonia do Brasil).

The government of the New Colony was one of the most prosperous in imperial history, and one example of it is the city of Itapua, which, after the discovering of gold and zinc, they had been expanding the city into a big commercial hub during the 1700's.

An indigenous free territory called Puru Quati, has been made by Charrúa people in the north in January 1748. It reigned until 1803, when the Portuguese had been conquering the land after the war of Mapuru, and some of it's leaders had been sent to concentration camps in Cruz Alta.

The Farrapos War, which was a war in the early 1800's between the Portuguese and the Riograndean rebels, mostly from the city of Farroupilha, which were led by Ruy Barbosa, was held first in the Guaíba River, on which, after sinking 10 Portuguese boats, they had won the first act. There were also battles in the valley of Vidaína, Tupucurá, and the coast of Bacupari The final act, which was held in the community of Entre Rios, in the northwestern part of the country, was the victory for the Riograndean rebels, and after the Declaration of Independence, which was held in the city of Panambi, has been held in 1820.

## Culture

The Culture of Rio Grande is derived from the Portuguese and the Indigenous cultures. Although most of the people speak Portuguese as it's official language, some of the people also speak Portuguese, Hunskrich, Romanian, or a creole language called Portuñol.

Rio Grande has a native community called the Puru Rio, on which has been formed in the 1850's thanks to a plan to revive the culture that the former Puru Quati had.

The music of the country is known as Gabará, which is also known as Gauchada or Nativista, which is a type of folk music combined with instruments of the Charrúa people. One of the most well-known Gabará singers is Jabo Grau, which has been composed the hit single "Sai Dai Romano", in the 1940's. Another of the most popular music genres is Rock, on which the hard rock band "Ratos do Porao", had been directing concerts in rugby stadiums and gaining money for their unique albums.

The favorite sport of the Riograndean people by audience is Rugby. Although football has a major audience as well, it is still a growing sport, as some of the fields are made for test purposes.

## Economy

The economy of Rio Grande is now suffering from an inflation since the 2010's, and that is because the decline of some famous companies by part of the government, especially the petroleum company Bem Nascido, on which had to close due to one of the tubes exploding in one of the highest floors of their headquarters. However, before that, it was known as the "United States of the South", due to it's tremendous car, brick and glass manufacturing.

The currency of Rio Grande is the Barbosa, named after Ruy Barbosa, a Riograndean opposer.

## Symbols

Rio Grande's flag was confected by Sérginio Marau in the 1810's for a Portuguese artist reunion in the town of Piratini. It is a tricolor flag consisting of three lines: green, red and yellow, along with a split white square which contains a black star.

Rio Grande's coat-of-arms has been confected in the 1860's by 13 native artists.

Rio Grande's national anthem is Hino Rio-Grandense, which has been composed in the 1810's, without lyrics. The written version has been shown to the public in 1826, after a public rehearsal in the Téatro Lisboa, in the city of Farroupilha.