Brazil

Flag of Brazil

### Head of State

Cândido Rondon, (1937 if Counting From Start of Civil War, 1945 if counting from End - )

### Established

1822 (Independence) 1937 (Third Republic Proclaimed)

### Population (core territory)

Around 48.5 million

**Brazil** Officially the **United States of Brazil** is the Largest and most powerful nation in South America. Brazil is a Federal Presidential Republic and is the main force of Liberal ideals on the South American Continent. Brazil fought a long and devastating civil war from 1937 - 1945 given that most of the war was spent as a guerilla Campaign in the amazon. Brazil declared independence after Portugal tried to revoke Brazil's special status within the Portugese empire leading to independence being declared in 1822. Brazil did not participate in the Second Weltkrieg as the Weltkrieg had basically ended by the time Brazil was done with its civil war. Brazil due to its more liberal leanings tends to side with the Entente, however it is mostly thinking about forming a defensive pact with the remaining nations in South America or merging this alliance with that of Mexico's.

## History

Brazil in 1936 had recovered from different civil war that had occurred much earlier in its history. It was polarizing and like most of the world the Black Monday Crisis shook Brazil to its core. However unlike in many other nations it was not the rise of Socialism that concerned the Brazilians but rather that of Integralisim within Brazil. It had merged with the Monarchist faction within the Brazillian nation and it was clear that if they won the election of 1936, monarchy was to be Brazils fate. And much to the governments horror the Election of 1936 went in a slim majority towards the Integralists and Gustavo Dodt Barroso would take control as the president of Brazil. He would immediately declare his intentions to restore the king to the throne and this alienated many liberals and republicans within Brazil. Cândido Rondon would be his most vocal critic and Barroso would attempt to have him arrested. But he would escape to Manaus where he would declare the Third Republic and would rise in open revolt along with the rest of the Amazon. Soon others would join with him and the Brazilian civil war would begin. Barroso would end up being able to quell many of the revolts but even more of the revolts would flee to the Amazon and the Brazilian government would attempt a long game of cat and mouse in the Amazon. The Rebels quickly became experts at guerilla warfare and the new Kingdom of Brazil would struggle to push far into the Amazon. However when Brazil stopped trying to push into the Amazon the rebels would break out and would gather more recruits. This would continue until 1942 with the death of one of the lead generals of the governments military. The Rebels made great use of this and they would capture most of the western end of the nation. This would be followed with a withdrawal from Belém as it was nearly encircled. Thus giving the rebels a port and foreign fighters and supplies came pouring in. So much so that it is believed that at one point there were nearly 10 cargo ships in a line waiting to dock. The Rebels would continue advancing along the coast all throughout 1943 making little progress as the governments defensive lines held. But this would not be forever as in 1944 these lines would break and most of the northern end of the country was captured and Rio was in sight of the rebellion. However this is when travesty struck. The government requested help from Argentina hoping to find a fellow ally there. Argentina would demand a border strip for this and the Government quickly accepted. However this was unable to save them and in 1945 Rio fell along with the rest of the nation and Barroso was executed. However Brazil's absence as a stabilizing force had allowed for the rise of other National Populists regimes in Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, and Peru. And Peru was eyeing up its neighbor of Ecuador. Brazil would immediately begin sending over left over weapons from the civil war. This would end up being so much that the Ecuadorians would end up having 3 rifles for every soldier. This would come along with a ton of ammunition and Ecuador was quickly able to beat back Peru and affirm its border. Tensions are rising across the continent as Argentina and Brazil both race to coup each other, both supported by the Entente or the Reichspakt. And another thing is slowly creeping onto the continent as Brazil works on its own little project, an atomic weapon.

## Military

Brazil's military is well experienced and well trained given that it had to fight an 8-year long civil war. The Army is well acclimated with the jungle conditions of warfare up near the amazon, however it does not have much experience when it comes to fighting in the plains. Brazil also has a small navy with naval bases on the small islands off the cost of Salvador, witch is where the testing site for Brazils nuclear weapons project will be. Brazil also has a substantial air force, however it is a little bit outdated using designs from 1942.