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United Federation of Southern America
Federación Unida de América del Sur (Spanish)
Federação unida da América do Sul (Portuguese)
Flag of South America
National Seal of South America
Flag National Seal
Motto: Liberdade e Amor
Location of the UFSA
Location of the UFSA
Capital Sao Paulo
Largest City Rio de Janerio
Official languages Portuguese, Spanish
Ethnic groups South American, Tribal
Government Federation of Nations
Fernando Inho Fabre
Assembly of the Nine Governers
Signing of the Treaty of Unity
• Date
January 10th, 1992
Population
• 2011 estimate
387,948,000
• 2010 census
387,948,937
GDP (PPP) 2011 estimate
• Total
$11.250 trillion
• Per capita
$29,000
HDI (2010) 0.973
very high
Currency Peso (SAP)
Time zone South American Time Zones (UTC-5, -6, & -7)
Calling code +77
Internet TLD .sa

The United Federation of Southern America (Commonly referred to as South America or the UFSA) is a collection of states that unified in the year 1992. The former nations are; Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Suriname, Venezula, Columbia, and Guyana. All members who joined were the members of the UNASUR alliance. The UFSA is modeled after the EU, and is a very wealthy nation at the most. South America's economy is the strongest in the Southern hemisphere, with a large GDP and a long lasting bond between economy and government. The UFSA is focusing on becoming a primarily Portuguese speaking state, focusing its people on speaking Portuguese instead of Spanish. The UFSA is dominated by the presence of "extremist-liberals" as they have been called, and the centralization of power to the national government has been major in recent months. The UFSA is a member of the UN, the G8, the G20, the CPLP, UNASUR, and an observer of the OIS, the PAFF, and CARICOM.

History[]

Pre-Colonization[]

South America saw its firt permanent settlement around 6500 BCE by migrant people's from the north. As they spread across the land, they encountered many strange animals; such as the llama or alpaca. The people's of South America domesticated these animals for travel and their meat. As time passed, they developed into diverse culture's with many differant languages, and some even expanded with territory. Some prominent civilizations include the Inca's and the Canaris. By the year 1493, all of South America had a total population of 30 Million, and some speculate that it was even larger.

European Contact & Colonization[]

In 1493, the Roman Catholic church had excercised interest in enslaving the native population of South America. One year later, Porugal and Spain signed the Treaty of Tordesilhas, allowing the colonization of South America through a certain border. Both countries built settlements, and soon, because the border was never enforced strictly, Portugal expanded the borders of their Brazil Colony. In the 1530s, Spain and Portugal were constantly raiding the natives of their resources. European dieases, mainly Smallpox, were killing off the natives at a fast rate, and so the importation of slaves from Africa occured to make up for the lost work force. Spain was constant to convert the pagan religions of the tribes, but failed, and so the tribes enfused their religion with christianity. Portugal, however, did not care at all about the religion of the tribes. Eventually, the Spanish and Natives interbred creating the highly unequal Mestizo class. By the end of the 1700s, most tribal beliefs in the Spanish territory had been abolished, and their idles destoryed, whilist in Brazil, tribes still ruled throughout the Amazon.

Independence Wars[]

In the first quarter of the 19th Century, the Spanish American Wars of Independence led to the creation of many nations in South America. Simón Bolívar wanted to keep the Spanish speaking states in South America politically unified, which became a major factor in the founding of the UFSA later on. In 1822, heir apparent to the throne of Portugal, Pedro, declared the Independence of Brazil with considerable compensation to the Portuguese Crown. At the end of the 1800s, most colonies had augmented themselves into their own countries.

Independência ou Morte

Declaration of Brazilian Independence by Emperor Pedro I.

Founding of the SADP[]

In 1951, to keep the ideals of state capitalism away from the continent, seven nations, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Colombia signed the South American Defense Pact which bound the seven nations into a military and political pact. The pact promised that the nations would not submit to superpowers and each state would help each other in times of crisis. The SADP played a key role in keeping the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Chile from deposition to US backed dictatorships. The Velncõs Act in 1968 bound the nations closer together by eliminating tariffs and quotas between members of the pact.

Liberation of the North Coast[]

In 1972, the SADP saw it necessary that the liberation of the British and Dutch protectorates be implemented to help strengthen South American nationalism. The Manifest of Sílvías was passed the same year, allowing for the SADP to take military action to free states still in European control. The SADP declared war on Britain, Holland, and France in 1973 to liberate the states kept under control by the Europeans in the northern part of the continent. The Liberation of the North Coast began with SADP movement into British and Dutch controlled areas. The Battle of Belem began the European campaign into Brazil. The pact countries reacted by using submarines stationed in Portugal to block trade between Europe and America. This diminished the economies of the European countries, and to remain free of the Warsaw Pact, the Europeans allowed for the freedom of Dutch and British protectorates in South America with the Treaty of Lisbon. The war had been a test to the military powers of the South Americans, showing they could capably defeat other world powers with their pact.

SADP becomes the USAN[]

The Era of Development[]

Formation of the UFSA[]

Modern Era[]

Politics[]

South America is a federation between nine separate, decentralized regions with special powers. The growth of the nation's national government has been attributed to its consolidation in powers that can only be carried out by large scale governance. The ideals of freedom and wealth have fueled a heavily balanced capitalist economy with certain state programs to promote economic growth on a national scale and insure that existing entities fulfill the promise of prosperity. The government is delicately based on the choice of few with the support of the masses, and so therefore a certain level of aristocracy exists within the government. The constant choice of people is necessary within government, as a large number of people with a few representatives has caused certain groups to take power at once. The procession of laws into enforcement is somewhat bent on a national scale, with most people agreeing the strengthening of law enforcement would lead to police oppression. The government composes of a four branch system based on the theories of Charles-Louis de Secondat, in which the separation of powers to maintain a level of fairness is necessary. Therefore, the four branches are composed of the regional, national, assembly, and judgement branches.

Regional Branch[]

The regional branch is the largest of all branches, and composes of the assemblies of the separate regions. The regional branch is composed only of these legislatures, and influences the decisions of all other branches by processing laws for their approval by the other three branches. The system of processing these laws can take weeks, but most actions with major public recognition take days to assume to the national, assembly, and judgement branches. The regional branch currently consists of 450 persons, with the Speaker of the Venezuelan Regional Legislature being the current primary influencee of the branch.

National Branch[]

The national branch is the branch composing of the Grand Marshal and their appointed Department heads and bodies. The national branch is the largest branch by size, and also holds smaller agencies parented by the departments. The national branch holds the decisions on whether or not to enforce laws. All power to enforce laws passed by the Assembly of Nine is held by the national branch members. The control of agencies and departments is headed by the Grand Marshal, while the heads of these organizations are elected by the people. The national branch is located in the Capitólio, Federal Kilometer along with its sister, the assembly branch.

Assembly Branch[]

The assembly branch, in government, is the branch with the supreme power to pass laws and treaties towards foreign or domestic entities. They have the highest say in politics, and the branch consists only of the Assembly of Nine. The Assembly is elected directly by all eligible to vote, and the drafting of laws within the Assembly is not allowed by the Treaty of Unity. This is because giving the power to the Assembly to draft laws would give them the most power, while they are only to voice the public opinion of their Region. The Assembly has the power to impeach anyone within government, and they have used this power only once on the former Grand Marshal José Rodríguez Bolívar.

Judgement Branch[]

The judgement branch is the primary branch that ensures all laws created are not in violation of the Treaty of Unity. The Treaty of Unity is seen as the primary reason for the existence of the judgement branch. All laws in the process of Assembly approval must be passed towards the National Court of the UFSA, in which the laws are over viewed several times to see that they do not violate the treaty and its guarantee of human rights. Laws which pass this test are sent to the Grand Marshal for his signing, and then enforced as regular laws within the country. Laws violating the Treaty of Unity are immediately eliminated, and not allowed to be reintroduced for a period of ten years. The judgement branch also controls the Court system of the UFSA, which an extensive court system is used for both civil and governmental matters. All members of the judgement branch must pass eight sensitivity tests, six bias screenings, and four training segments before they can hold any seat. All appointments onto a court are life long terms, but resignation is legal.

Regions[]

UFSARegions

The Regions of the Federation.

There are nine regions in South America;

  • Brazil -- Brasilia
  • Chile -- Santiago
  • Argentina -- Buenos Aries
  • Uruguay -- Montevideo
  • Paraguay -- Asuncion
  • Venezula -- Caracas
  • Colombia -- Bogota
  • Suriname -- Paramaribo
  • Guyana -- Georgetown

There is also one division; Sao Paulo

Military[]

South America has no military of any kind, and has no intentions of creating one. The UFSA Self Defence Forces were dissolved on September 6th, 2011, and all equipment formerly in its control was destroyed. The military was dissolved as per UFSA Paz Act, which also eliminated the UFSA Department of Defence, and created the UFSA Department of Peace in its place. South America has reserved its SDN and EMPA in the event of an enemy invasion, but would never use it should it be for gains on part of South America. South America also exited any existing military alliances as apart of the UFSA Paz Act.

Economy[]

Culture[]

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