Unitary State of Brazil

State · 1932–1945 CE · at its largest around 1945 CE

Getúlio Vargas centralized power and in 1937 imposed the authoritarian Estado Novo, banning parties and censoring the press. He also created labor laws, steel industry and a modern Brazilian national identity built around samba, radio and football.

On its lands while it lasted

Pablo Neruda (1904 CE – 1973 CE): Chilean poet and diplomat, author of Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair and Canto General; Nobel Prize in Literature 1971.
Pelé (1940 CE – 2022 CE): Brazilian footballer who won three World Cups (1958, 1962, 1970) and spent most of his career with Santos; widely regarded as one of the greatest players.
Chico Mendes (1944 CE – 1988 CE): Brazilian rubber tapper and environmentalist who campaigned to protect the Amazon rainforest; murdered by a rancher in 1988.