Noreza

Noreza (Esceosian: Noréza), officially the Kingdom of Noreza (Esceosian: Norézi Királyság), is the largest country in South America and the second largest country in Esceo America. As the world's sixth-largest country by area and the world's twenty-fourth largest country by population, it is also the second largest country to have Esceosian as an official language. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Ginia to the north, Venezuela and Columbia to the north-west, Peru to the west and south-west, and Brazil and South Peru to the south. Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest, home to diverse wildlife, a variety of ecological systems, and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats. This unique environmental heritage makes Noreza one of the megadiversie countries, and is a subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection.

Noreza was inhabited by numerous tribal nations prior to the landing in 1508 of explorer Péter Álmosi, who claimed the area for the Esceosian Empire. Noreza remained an Esceosian colony until 1848, when the capital of the empire was temporarily transferred from Budapest to Récifa during the Esceosian Revolution. In 1852, the colony was elevated to the rank of kingdom not long after the takeover of the Iványis. Independence was achieved in 1865 after the Norezi Independence War started by one of the sons of Peter II, who was born from a secret affair a Norezan woman, which was only later known in history. The Empire of Noreza was a unitary state governed under a semi-constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system. The ratification of the first constitution in 1867 led to the formation of a bicameral legislature, now called the Royal Congress. The country became a presidential republic between 1898 and 1904, when the son of the founding Emperor (Peter I), John I, reclaimed the throne, reforming the Kingdom of Noreza. Noreza's current consitution, formulated in 1974, defines it as a federal constitutional monarchy. The federal monarchy is composed of the union of the Federo-Royal District and the 15 states.

Etymology
It is likely that the word "Noreza" comes from the merge of the Esceosian word for brazilwood - eza - and the representation of the fact that Noreza is in the northern part of South America, plus that it is north from the other country with a large representation of Brazilwood, Brazil. The official Esceosian name of the land, in original Esceosian records, was the "Land of Opportunities" (Lehetőségek földje), but European sailors and merchants commonly called it simply the "Land of Nor Eza" (Nor Eza földje) on account of the Brazilwood trade.

In the Guarani language, an official language of Paraguay, both Brazil and Noreza are called "Pindorama", which the indigenous population gave to the region, meaning "land of the palm trees".

Geography
Noreza occupies a large are along the eastern coast of South America and includes much of the continent's interior, sharing land borders with Brazil and South Peru to the south; Peru to the west; Colombia to the northwest; Venezuela and Ginia to the north. It shares a border with all countries in the northern part of South America with the exception of Ecuador. It also encompasses a number of oceanic archipleagos, such as Ferdinánd Lóránt-island, Rokás Atoll, and Saint Peter and Paul Rocks. Its size, relief, climate, and natural resources make Noreza geographically diverse. Including its Atlantic islands, Noreza lies between latitudes ?°N and ?°S, and longitudes 28° and 74°W.

Noreza is the ? largest country in the world, and the fifth largest in the Americas, with a total area of 5,022,361.049 km2 (1,939,144 sq mi), including ? km2 (? sq mi) of water. It spans four time zones; from UTC-5 comprising the state of Akra and the westernmost portion of Amazónia, to UTC-4 in western states, to UTC-3 in eastern states (the national time) and UTC-2 in the Atlantic islands.