What if the Republican coup of 1889 fails? Pedro II is not long for the world as he was already very old, how would Gaston d'Orleans reign as Emperor Consort? Assuming the Brazil can maintain her track record of stability and economic growth how high can the Brazilian Empire aspire too? Already by 1910 the Brazilian Navy was certainly the third strongest outside of Europe, would a more prosperous Brazil be able to exert real power during WWI?