Fairview

Fairview is an Iberian nation known by the excellent gastronomy and weather. Located in the South of Iberian Peninsula, this country was an independent part of Portugal and Spain til 1658. Fairview have a big history and it is one of the well known civilizations who started the maritime travels and discoveries around and 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).

= Demography =

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 1.300.000 people live there are three main metropolitan regions: Bruxelas, the biggest (450,000 inhabitants); Cidade Nova or Nova Cidade, the most populated (600,000 inhabitants) and 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 the others European states Farviu 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 have 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 of people from the East of Europe the regeneration of the population is ensured. The generation renewal is ensured when each couple has more than 2.1 kids. In Fairview, this number is 2.15.

= History =

Independence from the Portuguese Kingdom
We were in the year of 1640 when the Dynasty of the Philips of Spain went out from Portugal, Farview gained its independence from the Spanish and Portuguese. After that Fairview people (150.000) inhabitants started to rebuilt the country with the maritime business through the world. In 1652, we signed a treaty of honor with Portugal that says that both countries should act as an union and have the same rights of maritime travels and business. Both countries enriched with commercial trades around Africa, Americas and Asia. Later, in 1698, Fairview Kingdom got the full independence from Portugal and Spain in the "Tratado Ibérico" where each iberian countries' borders have been delimited.

The XVIII 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.

The XIX 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.