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Federative Republic of Greater Brazil
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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822 and a republic in 1889. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of the country when in 1985 the military regime peacefully ceded power to civilian rulers. Brazil continues to pursue industrial and agricultural growth and development of its interior. Exploiting vast natural resources and a large labor pool, it is today South America's leading econ
omic power and a regional leader. Highly unequal income distribution remains a pressing problem. Following the end of the Falklands wars, and the loss of the countries major southern cities, manufacturing and major industries moved northward while Brazil reinforced it's southern border with thousands of troops. Brazil attempted to unify it's neighbors peacefully against Australasia, although gaining some powerful support, it was still not sufficent enough. Brazil then forcefully took over the Peruvian government and annexed Bolivia, moving troops and aircraft to foreign cities and using peaceful and honest propaganda against the so called atrocites and horrors civilians had been living in southern cities.
Location: Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Area - comparative: Nearly the same as the United States.
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin
Climate:mostly tropical, but temperate in south
Terrain: mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt
Natural resources: bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber, natural gas, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, copper, silver, fish, coal, phosphate, potash
Irrigated land: 42,520km
Geography - note: largest country in South America; shares common boundaries with every South American country except Ecuador.
Population: 200,275,227
Population growth rate:1.68%
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.7%
Nationality: Definition Field Listing
noun: Brazilian(s)
adjective: Brazilian
Ethnic groups:white 53.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 38.5%, black 6.2%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 0.9%, unspecified 0.7%
Religions:Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4%
Languages:Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.4%
male: 96.1%
female: 96.6%
Country name:
conventional long form: Federative Republic of Greater Brazil
conventional short form: Greater Brazil
local long form: Republica Federativa do Brasil
local short form: Brasil
Government type: federative republic
Capital: Brasilia
Independence: 7, September 1822
National holiday: Independence Day, 7 September (1822)
Constitution: 5 October 1988
Legal system: based on Roman codes; has recently accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage: voluntary between 16 and 18 years of age and over 70; compulsory over 18 and under 70 years of age
Judicial branch: Supreme Federal Tribunal (11 ministers are appointed for life by the president and confirmed by the Senate); Higher Tribunal of Justice; Regional Federal Tribunals (judges are appointed for life); note - though appointed "for life," judges, like all federal employees, have a mandatory retirement age of 70
Flag description: green with a large yellow diamond in the center bearing a blue celestial globe with 27 white five-pointed stars (one for each state and the Federal District) arranged in the same pattern as the night sky over Brazil; the globe has a white equatorial band with the motto ORDEM E PROGRESSO (Order and Progress)
Economy - overview: Characterized by large and well-developed agricultural, mining, manufacturing, and service sectors, Brazil's economy outweighs that of all other South American countries and is expanding its presence in world markets. Brazil enjoy's robust growth which yields increases in employment and real wages. The three pillars of the economic program are a floating exchange rate, an inflation-targeting regime, and tight fiscal policy, all reinforced by a series of IMF programs. Brazil ran record trade surpluses and recorded its record current account surpluses from 2004 to present. Productivity gains - particularly in agriculture - also contributed to the surge in exports, and Brazil in the previous year surpassed the previous 2 year's record export levels.
GDP (purchasing power parity): 2.04 Trillion
Labor force: 102.41 million
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 15%
industry: 19%
services: 66%
Population below poverty line: 18%
Agriculture - products: coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef, cotton, potatoes, plantains, grapes, oranges, poultry, dairy products; fish
Industries: textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment, mining and refining of minerals; steel, metal fabrication; petroleum extraction and refining, natural gas; fishing and fish processing, clothing, food processing
Industrial production growth rate: 8.9%
Oil - production: 2.12 million barrels per day
Natural gas - production: 16.9 billion cu m
Exports: 145.4 billion f.o.b
Exports - commodities: transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos, copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products
Exports - partners: US 21.1%, China 20.8%, Chile 6.6%, Canada 5.9%, Germany 4.6%
Imports: $78.02 billion f.o.b.
Imports - commodities:machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products
Imports - partners:US 14.6%, Germany 13.6%, Southern Federation 14.1%, China 6.2%
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $56.8 billion
Economic aid - recipient: $6 billion
Currency (code): real (BRL)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Military branches:Brazilian Army, Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil (MB), includes Naval Air and Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais)), Brazilian Air Force (Forca Aerea Brasileira, FAB)
Military Strength:
ARMY:
Total forces Active: 337,800
Reserves: trained first-line: 1,115,000; 400,000 subject to immediate recall. Second-line: 225,000.
Tanks: 128 Leopard 1A1, 92 M60A3, 240 EE-T1 Osório/120, 90 X1A2 Light tanks.
Recce: 409 EE-9 Cascavel, 30 M-8; APC: 823: 219 EE-11 Urutu, 20 M-59, 584 M-113
Towed Arty: 377: 105 mm: 285, incl M-101/M-102, Model 56 pack; 155 mm: 92 M-114
SP Arty 105 mm: 72 M-7/M-108;
Coast Arty: some 240 incl 57 mm, 75 mm, 120 mm, 150 mm, 152 mm, 305 mm. MRL: 108 mm: SS-06; 108 mm: SS-40; 300 mm: SS-60 incl SP 4 ASTROS II;
Mortars: 81 mm; 107 mm: 209 M-30; 120 mm: 77; ATGW: 300 Cobra; RCL: 57 mm: 240 M-18A1; 75 mm: 20 M-20; 105 mm; 106 mm: M-40A1;
AD Guns: 20 mm; 35 mm: 39 GDF-001; 40 mm: 103 L-60/L-70 (some with BOFI)
Missiles: Igla, ERYX, MILAN, Exocet 2
Rifle: FAL/ PARAFAL
NAVY:
1 Aircraft Carrier NAeL São Paulo (French Foch)
4 Tupi Submarines Class (German Type 209, 1 built in German, 3 in Brazil)
1 Tikuna Submarine Class (Modified German Type 209, built in Brazil)
(10 Frigates)
3 Greenhaigh Class (ex UK Type 22, Batch 1)
6 Niteroi Class (4 built in UK, 2 in Brazil)
1 Para Class (ex US Garcia class frigate)
5 Inhauma Class Corvettes (built in Brazil)
47 Patrol Vessels of which:
* 16 Offshore Patrol Vessels
* 10 Coastal Patrol Vessels
* 16 Inshore Patrol Vessels
* 5 River Patrol Vessels
AIR FORCE
20 Dassault Mirage 2000C
99 Embraer ALX Super Tucano A-29A/B
107 Embraer 312 Tucano T-27
53 Embraer AMX A-1A/B
Federative Republic of Greater Brazil
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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822 and a republic in 1889. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of the country when in 1985 the military regime peacefully ceded power to civilian rulers. Brazil continues to pursue industrial and agricultural growth and development of its interior. Exploiting vast natural resources and a large labor pool, it is today South America's leading econ
omic power and a regional leader. Highly unequal income distribution remains a pressing problem. Following the end of the Falklands wars, and the loss of the countries major southern cities, manufacturing and major industries moved northward while Brazil reinforced it's southern border with thousands of troops. Brazil attempted to unify it's neighbors peacefully against Australasia, although gaining some powerful support, it was still not sufficent enough. Brazil then forcefully took over the Peruvian government and annexed Bolivia, moving troops and aircraft to foreign cities and using peaceful and honest propaganda against the so called atrocites and horrors civilians had been living in southern cities.
Location: Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Area - comparative: Nearly the same as the United States.
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin
Climate:mostly tropical, but temperate in south
Terrain: mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt
Natural resources: bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber, natural gas, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, copper, silver, fish, coal, phosphate, potash
Irrigated land: 42,520km
Geography - note: largest country in South America; shares common boundaries with every South American country except Ecuador.
Population: 200,275,227
Population growth rate:1.68%
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.7%
Nationality: Definition Field Listing
noun: Brazilian(s)
adjective: Brazilian
Ethnic groups:white 53.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 38.5%, black 6.2%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 0.9%, unspecified 0.7%
Religions:Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4%
Languages:Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.4%
male: 96.1%
female: 96.6%
Country name:
conventional long form: Federative Republic of Greater Brazil
conventional short form: Greater Brazil
local long form: Republica Federativa do Brasil
local short form: Brasil
Government type: federative republic
Capital: Brasilia
Independence: 7, September 1822
National holiday: Independence Day, 7 September (1822)
Constitution: 5 October 1988
Legal system: based on Roman codes; has recently accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage: voluntary between 16 and 18 years of age and over 70; compulsory over 18 and under 70 years of age
Judicial branch: Supreme Federal Tribunal (11 ministers are appointed for life by the president and confirmed by the Senate); Higher Tribunal of Justice; Regional Federal Tribunals (judges are appointed for life); note - though appointed "for life," judges, like all federal employees, have a mandatory retirement age of 70
Flag description: green with a large yellow diamond in the center bearing a blue celestial globe with 27 white five-pointed stars (one for each state and the Federal District) arranged in the same pattern as the night sky over Brazil; the globe has a white equatorial band with the motto ORDEM E PROGRESSO (Order and Progress)
Economy - overview: Characterized by large and well-developed agricultural, mining, manufacturing, and service sectors, Brazil's economy outweighs that of all other South American countries and is expanding its presence in world markets. Brazil enjoy's robust growth which yields increases in employment and real wages. The three pillars of the economic program are a floating exchange rate, an inflation-targeting regime, and tight fiscal policy, all reinforced by a series of IMF programs. Brazil ran record trade surpluses and recorded its record current account surpluses from 2004 to present. Productivity gains - particularly in agriculture - also contributed to the surge in exports, and Brazil in the previous year surpassed the previous 2 year's record export levels.
GDP (purchasing power parity): 2.04 Trillion
Labor force: 102.41 million
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 15%
industry: 19%
services: 66%
Population below poverty line: 18%
Agriculture - products: coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef, cotton, potatoes, plantains, grapes, oranges, poultry, dairy products; fish
Industries: textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment, mining and refining of minerals; steel, metal fabrication; petroleum extraction and refining, natural gas; fishing and fish processing, clothing, food processing
Industrial production growth rate: 8.9%
Oil - production: 2.12 million barrels per day
Natural gas - production: 16.9 billion cu m
Exports: 145.4 billion f.o.b
Exports - commodities: transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos, copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products
Exports - partners: US 21.1%, China 20.8%, Chile 6.6%, Canada 5.9%, Germany 4.6%
Imports: $78.02 billion f.o.b.
Imports - commodities:machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products
Imports - partners:US 14.6%, Germany 13.6%, Southern Federation 14.1%, China 6.2%
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $56.8 billion
Economic aid - recipient: $6 billion
Currency (code): real (BRL)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Military branches:Brazilian Army, Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil (MB), includes Naval Air and Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais)), Brazilian Air Force (Forca Aerea Brasileira, FAB)
Military Strength:
ARMY:
Total forces Active: 337,800
Reserves: trained first-line: 1,115,000; 400,000 subject to immediate recall. Second-line: 225,000.
Tanks: 128 Leopard 1A1, 92 M60A3, 240 EE-T1 Osório/120, 90 X1A2 Light tanks.
Recce: 409 EE-9 Cascavel, 30 M-8; APC: 823: 219 EE-11 Urutu, 20 M-59, 584 M-113
Towed Arty: 377: 105 mm: 285, incl M-101/M-102, Model 56 pack; 155 mm: 92 M-114
SP Arty 105 mm: 72 M-7/M-108;
Coast Arty: some 240 incl 57 mm, 75 mm, 120 mm, 150 mm, 152 mm, 305 mm. MRL: 108 mm: SS-06; 108 mm: SS-40; 300 mm: SS-60 incl SP 4 ASTROS II;
Mortars: 81 mm; 107 mm: 209 M-30; 120 mm: 77; ATGW: 300 Cobra; RCL: 57 mm: 240 M-18A1; 75 mm: 20 M-20; 105 mm; 106 mm: M-40A1;
AD Guns: 20 mm; 35 mm: 39 GDF-001; 40 mm: 103 L-60/L-70 (some with BOFI)
Missiles: Igla, ERYX, MILAN, Exocet 2
Rifle: FAL/ PARAFAL
NAVY:
1 Aircraft Carrier NAeL São Paulo (French Foch)
4 Tupi Submarines Class (German Type 209, 1 built in German, 3 in Brazil)
1 Tikuna Submarine Class (Modified German Type 209, built in Brazil)
(10 Frigates)
3 Greenhaigh Class (ex UK Type 22, Batch 1)
6 Niteroi Class (4 built in UK, 2 in Brazil)
1 Para Class (ex US Garcia class frigate)
5 Inhauma Class Corvettes (built in Brazil)
47 Patrol Vessels of which:
* 16 Offshore Patrol Vessels
* 10 Coastal Patrol Vessels
* 16 Inshore Patrol Vessels
* 5 River Patrol Vessels
AIR FORCE
20 Dassault Mirage 2000C
99 Embraer ALX Super Tucano A-29A/B
107 Embraer 312 Tucano T-27
53 Embraer AMX A-1A/B