Fairview

Fairview, officially known as the Fairview Democratic Republic (Portuguese: República Democrática de Farviu) is a country in the Iberian peninsula of southwestern Europe, and a member state of the Alliance of Independent Nations. The country is known for it's excellent cuisine and climate.

Located in the South of Iberian Peninsula, Fairview was an independent part of Portugal and Spain until 1658. Fairview has an expansive history, and it is one of the well known civilizations who participated in the early maritime travels and explorations around the world.

Geography
The Farviuense territory is like a rectangle in which 82% were Portuguese and the other 18% were part of the Spanish region Andaluzia. The territory is little but there is a big diversity of natural scenery. In the south and west we have the Atlantic Ocean, is north the mountains and the high plains known by the perfect agriculture that is done there and in the east side of the country the great plains with big cork trees made the scenery. Farviu has three main river: Borgas and Mazana (in the north) and the Sado (in the south).

Demographics
Not only in the country size Fairview is small but also on population size. Fairview is a low populated country but with a high density of people for square kilometer. In the little region of Fairview where about 1.3 million people live there are three main metropolitan regions:


 * Bruxelas, 450,000 inhabitants, which occupies the largest land area
 * Cidade Nova or Nova Cidade, the most populated with 600,000 inhabitants
 * Entre-Os-Montes ,240,000 inhabitants

Also, there are some very small rural communities around the north of the country with no more than 1,000 inhabitants.

As with other European states, Farview has a low ratio of children/teenagers per adult. An old population is starting to dominate a considerable percentage of the population: about 23% of the population are more than 65 years old. 16% are children/teenagers and 61% are adults between 20 and 64 years old.

However, and because of a strong immigration, people from Eastern Europe regenerating the population is insured. The generation renewal is insured when each couple has more than 2.1 kids. In Fairview, this number is 2.15.

Independence from the Portuguese Kingdom
In the year 1640, when the Dynasty of the Philips of Spain left Portugal; Farview gained its independence from the Spanish and Portuguese. Fairview, with 150.000 inhabitants; began rebuilding the country with the maritime business through the world.

In 1652, Fairview signed a treaty of honor with Portugal that says that both countries should act as an union and have the same rights to maritime travels and business. Both countries were enriched by commercial trades around Africa, Americas and Asia. Later, in 1698, the Kingdom of Fairview obtained full independence from Portugaland Spain in the "Tratado Ibérico" where the Iberian countries' borders were delimited.

18th Century
During the eighteenth century, wealth from Brazil began to pour into the country. Gold was discovered in Minas Gerais in 1693, and Brazil became a source of diamonds beginning in 1728. Great wealth was extracted by the Fairviuenses, and a 15 percent tax on it maintained their monarchs.

Pereira II (1704-1760) sought to establish an absolute monarchy. His son, Carlos (1760-1787) was weak, and allowed his minister Pedro Melo, the Marquis of Entre-Os-Montes; to run the government in a more enlightened fashion. The latter is credited with the competent governmental response to the earthquake that leveled Bruxelas in 1755.

Melo also ordered the good reception of the Jesuits from Portugal and Spain in 1759 and the consequent reform of the educational system. In 1762 Spain invaded Portugal and Fairview, and peace was not achieved until 1777 through the Treaty of San Ildefonso.

19th century
When Napoleon declared war on England; Portugal, allied by treaties, was drawn into the struggle. In 1806, Napoleon issued a decree intended to close all continental ports to British ships, and he later invaded Portugal and Fairview to ensure that his decree was carried out there.

As the French army neared Lisbon, the Fairviense royal family boarded Portuguese ships, which carried them to Rio de Janeiro where they remained for 14 years. Meanwhile, the Portuguese and British armies, under the Duke of Wellington, drove the French from the country.

Portugal made peace with France in 1814 and then followed by Fairview in 1816. In 1815, Brazil's status was elevated to that of a kingdom united with Fairview. The royal family did not seem anxious to return to Fairview, and when William Carr Beresford, the British commander in charge in Portugal traveled to Brazil to convince João II to return, the Fairviense drew up a national constitution and would not allow Beresford back into the country.

João II returned in 1821 and swore to uphold the constitution. Married with the Portuguese queen, his eldest son Peter declared Brazil independent from Portugal in 1822 and became its emperor. João II recognized Brazil's independence in 1825. João's death in 1826 marked the beginning of a period of political strife that lasted until after mid-century, when party government was established. The main parties were the Historicals and the more moderate Regenerators. The latter part of the century was occupied with disputes with Portugal's because of claims to territories in Africa.