Reverend Norv wrote:Danceria wrote:I think we may have severed and may be more of a Dominion a la OTL Canada. We don't necessarily dislike Continental Frenchies due to cultural ties, but we may have questioned the oversight they've given us. (A rough example would be the permissibility of religious minorities and cultural plurality within our nation, where the French Commonwealth is pretty nationalistic.)
That would work well for me. France is ethically and historically opposed to the idea of empire, so it would make sense for Brazil to have become independent peacefully; French troops would be very reluctant to fight on the overlord's side in an independence war. A dominion-like status, where Brazil gets to decide for itself about pretty much everything while remaining in some sort of political relationship with the Commonwealth, is a natural compromise.
There may have been some bad blood (ironically, being more religiously tolerant, having African slaves for the Cash Crop plantations), but it was less of a revolutionary war and more of a separation. We don't really have tales of Republics colonizing outside of U.S. doing so in Liberia, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. It makes little sense for the respective republics to not have formed, and for a cultural identity being formed from the European pioneers (such as present day U.S./Canada and U.K.)
I also have noticed a sizeable portion of West Africa being under French control. Perhaps during the Reconquista and French colonialization, there may even be a few Muslims, either fleeing the violence, emigrating for new opportunities, or studying abroad.
Looks to me like much of my surrounding cultures would be Spanish and Breton, with a semi-recent influx of German immigrants.