Maracatibe

Maracatibe, officially Sovereign Community of Maracatibe (: Comunidade Soberana do Maracatibe), is a coastal country, more specifically a Federal Republic, located in the east of Avalonia. To its northwest is Theyka (by the sea), in south, Zahava and in west Albaterra. The capital is Salgado, and São Pedro is its largest city, with 5.5 million inhabitants.

Maracatibe existed as a patchwork of small tribal states, sometimes at war until the beginning of the 16th century, when Jungastia started to colonizing it. Before that date, the Jungastians had already established ports and commercial warehouses to facilitate access to Albaterra. Other colonial powers also had possessions in Maracatibe. Later, at the end of the 19th century, Father Justiniano Salgado, supported by popular classes, led a failed independence movement, but which left a legacy so that months later, in 1884, the movement won  strength and a war of independence started.

Due to the tropical climate, Maracatibe has a landscape made up of lush tropical forests and paradisiacal islands, which attract millions of tourists every year. Maracatibe has a huge diversity of plants and birds. Its highest point is Mount of Lança Negra, with 3,100 m. Maracatibe is a secular state, but the majority of its 46 million inhabitants (2020 estimates) are followers of Messianic churches. Animist religions of the original peoples greatly influence the beliefs of the population, so religious syncretism is common. Most of the country's inhabitants are of mixed race, followed by original ethnicities and other peoples.

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History
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Geography
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Demography
Maracatibe has a high ethnic and cultural diversity, due to the fact that the country had several pre-colonial tribes and states, speakers of different languages ​​and followers of various beliefs. Mestizos are the majority of the population, but there are also people from other nations, such as Kesh, who immigrated in the late colonial times and the beginning of the independent era.

The majority of the population (78%) lives in urban areas, the majority being close to the coast. About 94% of the population has any religion, with the majority of these (80%) being Messianic. Due to the diversity of the country, although Portuguese is the most widely spoken language, about 56.5% of the population speaks native languages ​​or other languages ​​on a daily basis, such as Kwaidi (35.6%), Agranian (11.2% ), Bagai (5.0%) and others (4.7%) but 99% of the population can communicate in Portuguese.

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Government and Politics
Maracatibe is a presidential republic. The head of state and government is the president, chosen by the population every four years.

Legislative power is exercised by a bicameral parliament, composed of the Maracatibe General Assembly (lower house) with 501 members, and the Federal Senate (upper house) with 51 members. Lower house deputies are elected for 4-year terms, while senators stay for 8 years. In Maracatibe, the president of the Senate is the vice president. Because it is a federated state, Maracatibe is divided into provinces, 16 of which, in addition to a federal district.

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Economy
Maracatibe has a market economy. It is considered a developing country, and has a medium degree of industrialization, having surpassed the agrarian-export economy in the 20th century. Agriculture employs 6% of the economically active population, industry 27% and the trade and services 67%.

Maracatibe stands out in the mining of iron, copper, bauxite, emerald and diamonds, located in deposits spread across the country. The main agricultural crops are soybeans, corn, coffee, cotton, sugar cane and tropical fruits, which are an important part of Maracatibean exports. In the secondary sector, the textile, steel and young automotive, aerospace and shipbuilding industries stand out, which have grown a lot in the past decades. In São Pedro, there is an expanding technological pole, where the headquarters of the country's main companies, startups and research centers are located. Tourism is a major industry in the country as Maracatibe is one of the most visited tourist destinations in the world, mainly for its beaches and paradisiacal tropical islands.

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Culture
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