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Hey Guys,

I'm not well-versed in Brazilian history however I do know that in 1889 Emperor Pedro II of Brazil was subject to a coup by 'Positivists', which he succumbed to without protest and when people attempted to convince him to fight back he merely dismissed the ideas and commented on how it was merely his "retirement".

However what if he decided (for some reason) to continue as Emperor and refuse to back down to military pressure? Would we see Brazil descend into civil war? If so would we see such clear factions as shown in both the American Civil War and Taiping Rebellion? Such as a north-south geographical divide?

If it did descend into Civil War how would it go for either side? it seems that while Pedro II had civilian support the oppositions seemed to have a lot of military support, so who would win? Etc.
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