Meridian Confederation

Meridiana, officially, the Meridian Confederation(Portuguese: Confederação Meridiana) is a confederation in the southeastern region of South America. It borders Argentina to its west, Brazil to its north, the La Plata River to its south and the Atlantic Ocean in the east. Meridiana is home to an estimated xxx million people with a total area of about 754,440.31 km², being the 8th major country in the continental South America plus about 1,250,257 km² of the Meridian Antarctic Territory. The Confederation Capital, Desterro, is the home of important decisions for the politics of the Southern Hemisphere.

Various indigenous people have lived in the Meridian Territory before the formation of the National State. In the colonial era, Santa Catarina was a strategic territory for the Portuguese Dominion in South America, Desterro, São Francisco do Sul and Laguna were one of the first cities in the South of the Portuguese Colony. In 1822, with the Brazilian independence, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande became provinces of Brazil, the Brazilian dominion over Rio Grande ended in 1835 and over Santa Catarina in 1839 through the War of Independence knowns as Farroupilha Revolution. These events created national holidays in the days 24 and 29 of July in Santa Catarina and in September 20 in Rio Grande. Uruguay was the first to get their independence, the "Trinta e Três Orientais" movement fought for their independence in 1825 against the Brazilian Empire, getting it on 1828 with the support of the United Kingdom and Argentina.

In 1864, the declaration of war of Brazil against Uruguay reforced the ties of the Southern former provinces of Brazil, the Conference of 1864 created a Defensive Pact between Santa Catarina, Rio Grande and Uruguay, the continuous Brazilians aggressions lead to the Conference of 1865, creating the Meridian Confederation. After the Southern answer to the agressions, Brazil recognized the independence of Uruguay again. The Confedarion stayed united after the War and started annexing parts of the Paraná territory in Brazil as answer to the previously aggressions.

In the 21st century, Meridiana is a regional power and has the AIN's xxxx largest economy by nominal GDP by 2017 estimate. Meridiana has a growing industrial pole and specializes in several areas of high technology, from the naval area to the electronics, the leader in the Latin America. Santa Catarina is member of United Nations, Alliance of the Independent Nations, G20, Organization of American States, Union of South American Nations, Organization of Ibero-American States, Community of Portuguese Language Countries, International Organization for Italophonia, Latin Union and associate member of Mercosul. Meridiana still hold one of the highest GDP(PPP) Per Capita in South America, with an average value of US$ xxxx.

Etymology
The name Meridiana is associated with the Latin language as a result of the country being located geographically in the south of the planet. The name was chosen due to avoid the name "Southern Brazil" and "Cisplatina", the War of Uruguay led to the formation of the confederation with the chosen name, "Meridiana". The country has already be called by other nations as the United States of the South or the Southern Confederation, both names were abandoned in the 20 Century, after the World War 1 in agreements with the League of Nations.