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BRAZIL

Capital : Brasilia

Language : Portuguese

Major Religion : Christianity

Population : 155,822,440

Currency : Centavos (100 centavos = 1 real)

GNP : $709,591 million ($4,400 per person)

Selected Crops : Jute, babassu kernels, sisal

Selected Industrial Products : Asphalt, pig-iron, tractors

Rationale For Targeting : Brazil has a very active and imaginative SF/fantasy community, no doubt aided by carnival...

Fun Fact : Brazil plays the best second-place boring soccer in the world...Orson Welles had such a blast shooting a documentary in Brazil that it permanently ruined his career.

[Note: All country-specific information derives from The Europa World Year Book, 1999, Volumes I and II, 40th edition, from Europa Publications.]