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Nation Name (long): The Second Republic of Beirais
Nation Name (short): Beirais
Motto: “Esta é a Ditosa Pátria minha amada” (This is my Blissful beloved Homeland)
National Animal: The Bull of Beirais
National Flower/Plant: Hydrangea
National Anthem: TBD
Capitol: Angra
Largest City: Angra
Demonym: Beiran (singular) Beirans (plural)
Language: Beiralese (Rough Portuguese equivalent, primary), Staynish (secondary)
Species: Humans (50.3%), Elves (26.7%), Tieflings (18.5%), Other (4.5%)
Population: ~ 15 351 995.
Government type: Mixed Parliamentary-Presidential Republic
Leader(s): President: Her Excellency the President Fátima Costa Silves | Prime Minister: His Excellency Prime Minister Marcelo Pires Magalhães
Legislature: Assembly of the Republic (Parliament)
Formation: Second Republic (1976 - present), Military Junta (1974 - 1976), Carvalho Regime (1926 - 1974), First Republic (1909 - 1926), Monarchy (prior to 1909)
Total GDP: 553.609 billion EB (298.949 billion USD)
GDP per capita: 36 061 EB (19 472 USD)
Currency: “Escudo Beirense” (Beiran Shield or EB, 1 EB = 0.54 USD). A “Conto”, a popular way of counting larger amounts of money, is 1000 Shields.
Calling Code: +351
ISO 3166 code: BE | BER
Internet TLD: .ber
Historical Summary: Modern day Beirais is a young Democracy, with 48 years of existence and 15 Governments since the previous dictatorial regime was ousted 50 years prior in a military Coup d’état.
Beiran Democracy has its roots in the Beiran First Republic, which lasted roughly 17 years. The Republican Party of Beirais had mustered a broad coalition of smaller factions to enable their revolution against the reigning Monarch, but they had quickly splintered into factions and infighting afterward. This, coupled with a wave of anti-clerical violence, the rapid secularisation of Government, an Influenza pandemic, and discontent among the military, led the Beiran army to overthrow the First Republic and install a Military Dictatorship in the country.
The Military Dictators would eventually invite the Economics Professor José de Melo e Carvalho to revive the country’s shattered economy. Carvalho would prove a dexterous user of the tools of a Dictatorship, and would quickly see himself the wielder of the majority of the powers of Government. The Fascist Carvalho Regime was in many ways a dark reflection of the First Republic; The little civil liberties that had been gained by the Republic were stripped away, right of assembly was abolished, State Censorship and Surveillance was vastly expanded, and the Church was used as a tool of mass propaganda.
The fall of the Regime would come at the hands of junior military officers. Discontent with the Government’s management of an ongoing war and overall state of the country, the “Star Captains” began planning a revolution. The Armed Forces Movement captured key strategic points in the Capital and forced José Carvalho to surrender. With the fall of the Regime, political prisoners were freed, and after two years of military Junta rule, the first free elections in almost 70 years were held.
