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After the war, the Brazilian monarchy was in shambles. People didn't have any faith left in their government, and the military shrunk in size as the next generation grew. Meanwhile, Brazil's neighbor to the south was growing exponentially. Argentina, with its allies in Uruguay and Riograndense, was expanding its military and the size of its empire, later subjugating Patagonia and seizing the Falkland Islands from the British, who didn't have much of a claim on it anyway. They blocked Chile's colonization of the south, gaining the majority of Patagonia save for Chile's port of Ciudad Nevada. In the 1870's, they decided to ally themselves with Bolivia, and ended up kick-starting a war that would drag all of South America into a frenzy.

On January 15th, 1876, a coalition composed of Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia declared war on Brazil, as the Argentinian president promised Bolivia land to the north. Quickly, Peru and Colombia both wanted in on the action, if not to get on Argentina's good side, as they were clearly set up to win the war. Brazil, already falling apart from all sides, capitulated at the brunt of every single South American army at once, and issued a total surrender in early-1879. Even with allies in Chile, Britain, and Ecuadorian rebels, it wasn't enough to fight back. The peace terms were not light. Colombia took much of the British Amazon, along with Peru. Bolivia took many of Brazil's military outposts in the southwest, and Paraguay took a lot of urban area along the southern border. However, the territorial losses weren't nearly the worst part. Brazil was ordered to scale down its military to fifteen-thousand men for sixty years, until 1939. It was also ordered to rename itself to the "Confederation of Brazil", in turn meaning that the former empire had to give extreme autonomy to each of its individual states, in a government reminiscent of the Articles of Confederation and setting Brazil up for complete collapse. By the 1880's, South America was ruled by Argentina.

During the reign of Argentina, many things changed on the continent. Argentina re-branded itself as the Transplatine Empire, buying the colony of Angola from the Portuguese and Haute-Congo from the French. It industrialized quickly to over-compensate for losses in time earlier in the 19th century, and helped industrialize its allies with it. Industry began to boom, and "Transplatina" became known for having very few regulations on big business. And with that reputation came business moguls from the United States, moguls who wanted cheap agriculture. Northern Patagonia was swept with plantations producing flax, maize, and barley, while America exported gold and cars to Transplatina. The southern half of the continent was booming... at least for the elites, anyway. Many of the poor were living in complete poverty, while the government took their money. In 1893, Bolivia was split up into two nations at the hands of the Transplatine military. The government of Transplatina believed it would be beneficial if they didn't have any neighbors able to fight back against its growing power as an empire, so they invaded and broke it up within a year.

By the 1920's, Transplatina was hated by just about everyone in South America, most importantly their own people. So, late in the first year of the decade, a man named Godofredo Malavia de Santiago lead a socialist rebellion against the military government of the state. Although the so-called "People's Argentinian State" held control over the capitol for two wonderful years, a military coup put an abrupt stop to Malavia's liberation of the people. However, all hope was not lost, as Transplatina had finally been weakened. And, seeing an opportunity, Brazil began to re-militarize itself fourteen years ahead of schedule. The smart Brazilian president at the time, Caio Gonçalves Couto, used many diplomatic ways to expand and rebuild what used to be an empire. He bought the entirety of French Guyana in 1931, which had seized the region of Amapa from Brazil in the early-1840's during the middle of the rebellion. Then, he formed his own bloc of allies to counter Transplatina, allying with Sierra (one of the two Bolivian remnants), Guyana, and Chile (though they withdrew from the alliance in favor of neutrality in 1967). He also promoted a rebellion against Colombia, inciting the successful secession of Ecuador. Finally, a balance of power was restored to the continent, and each power bloc settled into their respective forms. Brazil rebuilt its army, re-branded itself as an empire once more, and rewrote its constitution, while Transplatina liberalized, instituted a truly democratic government, and tried to befriend some of the countries it had wronged in the past. In 1952, they joined together Riograndense and Uruguay into the Cisplatine Republic as one last shot of countering Brazilian growth, but it was no use; South America had returned to its multi-polar state, and the age of Transplatine domination had come to an end.

However, all is not well in South America in 1995. The two blocs now both have nuclear weapons, and the dividing line is getting thicker and thicker. The Brazilian president talks about invading Cisplatina and Peru to rebuild its empire all the time, to the people's behest. Meanwhile, the Argentinian present seems to have his hand hovering over the big red button, thinking of starting a war just to wipe the smug grin off the Brazilian leader's face. The foreign governments of the world are watching, eyes wide with worry as it seems like South America is headed towards another major war. But this time, it might pull the rest of the world in with it.

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After the war, the Brazilian monarchy was in shambles. People didn't have any faith left in their government, and the military shrunk in size as the next generation grew. Meanwhile, Brazil's neighbor to the south was growing exponentially. Argentina, with its allies in Uruguay and Riograndense, was expanding its military and the size of its empire, later subjugating Patagonia and seizing the Falkland Islands from the British, who didn't have much of a claim on it anyway. They blocked Chile's colonization of the south, gaining the majority of Patagonia save for Chile's port of Ciudad Nevada. In the 1870's, they decided to ally themselves with Bolivia, and ended up kick-starting a war that would drag all of South America into a frenzy.

On January 15th, 1876, a coalition composed of Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia declared war on Brazil, as the Argentinian president promised Bolivia land to the north. Quickly, Peru and Colombia both wanted in on the action, if not to get on Argentina's good side, as they were clearly set up to win the war. Brazil, already falling apart from all sides, capitulated at the brunt of every single South American army at once, and issued a total surrender in early-1879. Even with allies in Chile, Britain, and Ecuadorian rebels, it wasn't enough to fight back. The peace terms were not light. Colombia took much of the British Amazon, along with Peru. Bolivia took many of Brazil's military outposts in the southwest, and Paraguay took a lot of urban area along the southern border. However, the territorial losses weren't nearly the worst part. Brazil was ordered to scale down its military to fifteen-thousand men for sixty years, until 1939. It was also ordered to rename itself to the "Confederation of Brazil", in turn meaning that the former empire had to give extreme autonomy to each of its individual states, in a government reminiscent of the Articles of Confederation and setting Brazil up for complete collapse. By the 1880's, South America was ruled by Argentina.

During the reign of Argentina, many things changed on the continent. Argentina re-branded itself as the Transplatine Empire, buying the colony of Angola from the Portuguese and Haute-Congo from the French. It industrialized quickly to over-compensate for losses in time earlier in the 19th century, and helped industrialize its allies with it. Industry began to boom, and "Transplatina" became known for having very few regulations on big business. And with that reputation came business moguls from the United States, moguls who wanted cheap agriculture. Northern Patagonia was swept with plantations producing flax, maize, and barley, while America exported gold and cars to Transplatina. The southern half of the continent was booming... at least for the elites, anyway. Many of the poor were living in complete poverty, while the government took their money. In 1893, Bolivia was split up into two nations at the hands of the Transplatine military. The government of Transplatina believed it would be beneficial if they didn't have any neighbors able to fight back against its growing power as an empire, so they invaded and broke it up within a year.

By the 1920's, Transplatina was hated by just about everyone in South America, most importantly their own people. So, late in the first year of the decade, a man named Godofredo Malavia de Santiago lead a socialist rebellion against the military government of the state. Although the so-called "People's Argentinian State" held control over the capitol for two wonderful years, a military coup put an abrupt stop to Malavia's liberation of the people. However, all hope was not lost, as Transplatina had finally been weakened. And, seeing an opportunity, Brazil began to re-militarize itself fourteen years ahead of schedule. The smart Brazilian president at the time, Caio Gonçalves Couto, used many diplomatic ways to expand and rebuild what used to be an empire. He bought the entirety of French Guyana in 1931, which had seized the region of Amapa from Brazil in the early-1840's during the middle of the rebellion. Then, he formed his own bloc of allies to counter Transplatina, allying with Sierra (one of the two Bolivian remnants), Guyana, and Chile (though they withdrew from the alliance in favor of neutrality in 1967). He also promoted a rebellion against Colombia, inciting the successful secession of Ecuador. Finally, a balance of power was restored to the continent, and each power bloc settled into their respective forms. Brazil rebuilt its army, re-branded itself as an empire once more, and rewrote its constitution, while Transplatina liberalized, instituted a truly democratic government, and tried to befriend some of the countries it had wronged in the past. In 1952, they joined together Riograndense and Uruguay into the Cisplatine Republic as one last shot of countering Brazilian growth, but it was no use; South America had returned to its multi-polar state, and the age of Transplatine domination had come to an end.

However, all is not well in South America in 1995. The two blocs now both have nuclear weapons, and the dividing line is getting thicker and thicker. The Brazilian president talks about invading Cisplatina and Peru to rebuild its empire all the time, to the people's behest. Meanwhile, the Argentinian present seems to have his hand hovering over the big red button, thinking of starting a war just to wipe the smug grin off the Brazilian leader's face. The foreign governments of the world are watching, eyes wide with worry as it seems like South America is headed towards another major war. But this time, it might pull the rest of the world in with it.