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As we all know, Portugal was the only European country not to pull out of its colonies in the second half of the twentieth century. Instead, it managed to integrate them into a democratic, pluricontinental and multiracial federation that persists until today.

The Portuguese Federal Republic has now Africa's highest HDI, one of its largest economies, and is widely recognized as a regional great power.

If Portugal, for some reason (maybe a less visionary government) had ultimately been forced to decolonize just like everyone else, how would that have changed the world?

What would Portugal be like?

What would the new Portuguese-speaking nations of Africa be like?

Would Timor be Indoneasian?

Would Macau be Chinese?

What about the geopolitical implications?
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