Brazil

**Brazil** is a very large Nation located in South America and mostly in the southern hemisphere, It is located on the World Map - Current Year (Large) and World Map - Current Year being the 5th largest nation with 5,000 pixels by size ahead of Australia yet behind China yet the 2nd largest in gold behind Russia due to not having any Terrain. Brazil borders the 2nd amount of countries in the world with it bordering 10 nations that being every south American nation but Chile and Ecuador and bordering France with French Guiana. Brazil has one of the 3 Crossings between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia Bordering Liberia in this crossing.

### **Real Life**

   Brazil, officially known as the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest nation in the world. It forms an enormous triangle on the eastern side of the continent with a 4,500-mile coastline along the Atlantic Ocean. It shares borders with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador. The country’s capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District.

Brazil is the only country in the Americas to have Portuguese as an official language. It is one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world. The country is also the most populous Roman Catholic-majority country. Its Amazon basin includes a vast tropical forest, home to diverse wildlife, a variety of ecological systems, and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats.

## **Trivia**

* The word “Brazil,” meaning “red like an ember,” comes from pau brasil (brazilwood), a tree that once grew abundantly along the Brazilian coast and produced a deep, red dye.
* Brazil is the world’s largest market for crack cocaine.
* Brazilian cowboys are called gaúchos. They live primarily in Rio Grande do Sul in the southern part of the country, which is part of the South American pampas and borders Uruguay and Argentina1.
* Francisco de Orellana, a 16th century explorer, became the first European to travel the entire Amazon from Peru through Brazil in 1541.
* The Brazilian national dish is feijoada, a black bean stew with dried, salted, and smoked meat.

### **Real Life**

    Brazil, officially known as the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest nation in the world. It forms an enormous triangle on the eastern side of the continent with a 4,500-mile coastline along the Atlantic Ocean. It shares borders with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador. The country’s capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District.

Brazil is the only country in the Americas to have Portuguese as an official language. It is one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world. The country is also the most populous Roman Catholic-majority country. Its Amazon basin includes a vast tropical forest, home to diverse wildlife, a variety of ecological systems, and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats.

## **Trivia**

* The word “Brazil,” meaning “red like an ember,” comes from pau brasil (brazilwood), a tree that once grew abundantly along the Brazilian coast and produced a deep, red dye.
* Brazil is the world’s largest market for crack cocaine.
* Brazilian cowboys are called gaúchos. They live primarily in Rio Grande do Sul in the southern part of the country, which is part of the South American pampas and borders Uruguay and Argentina1.
* Francisco de Orellana, a 16th century explorer, became the first European to travel the entire Amazon from Peru through Brazil in 1541.
* The Brazilian national dish is feijoada, a black bean stew with dried, salted, and smoked meat.