Chiquitas

The Republic of Chiquitas, commonly known as Chiquitas or Las Chiquitas is a country which is located in South America, bordered by Brazilat the south and the east, byFrench Guyana at the west and by the Atlantic Ocean at the north. First a spanish colony, it took its indenpendence in 1727. Chiquitas is know a republic governed by General Ramon Zamon since december 2012.

Geography
Chiquitas is located in South America and is bordered by Brazil at the south and at the west, by French Guyana at the east and by the Atlantic ocean at the north. It has a territory of 209000 km². Las Chiquitas has a wet tropical climate in most of its territory but there's also a highland climate due to the Coran mountain range. Chiquitas is crossed by three rivers : the Amazon river, which forms the border with Brazil, the Jari river, which forms the border with Brazil and French Guyana, and the Granaz river, which crosses the country.

Pre-colonization
Before the spanish colonisation the petrocastec civilisation ruled Las Chiquitas and were the major etnic group. This civilisation has built impressive temples and were known to have a very important knowledge of astronomy. They were exterminated by the european diseases.

Colonization
Chiquitas was discovered in 1562 by a Spanish expedition and was colonized four years later in 1566 with the foundation of Chiquitas City. Chiquitas quickly became a rich and prosperous colony due to the gold mines and the spices

Indenpendence
In 1727, the Chiquitans, fustrated by the taxes and by the decadent governor José Luis Boréias started to revolt and to reclaim indenpendence. Leaded by Alfonso Cuerrias, the Chiquitans, helped by the majority of the army, chased the governor and declared indenpendence from Spain. The leader became king Alfonso I of Chiquitas. But Spain did not recognise Chiquitas as a country and tried during 50 years to take back the country.