We have always been an odd region, one of, if not THE biggest non-English region in NS (regarding the number of WA accounts) and we are really proud of what makes us unique: our culture, our particular sense of humour and the way we created a little corner in this gigantic game for Portuguese-speaking players to have fun and to not be all that lost; we created a place where all of our friends can reconnect with people just like them, a rarity in NS, independentily of political affiliation, race, sexual orientation...etc.

Apart from that, we also offer to any regional citizen a plethora of roleplaying games inspired by different historical and political scenarios, from a Portuguese-parliament simulator where you take the role of a party to a World War II scenario in a world torn by three different ideologies. Great stories always come out of these little games:

But this isn't even scratching the surface! Apart from all the cultural activities, we take pride in our flourishing meme culture. By never taking anything truly seriously, and trying to make the best out of any situation, we have accomplished some great feats over the years. As an example, after one of our citizens, Ofiussia, made a bid for World Assembly Secretary-General, we supported him on the plataform of getting the website rid of all Dutch (as a reference to a recent diplomatic altercation between Portugal and the Netherlands). Or the time Northportugalinho went around several regions proclaiming his love for the Portuguese nations, ending with his ban from the game. That's Portugal in a nutshell.

Lusitanialand wrote:

"I’ve been on Nationstates for over 5 years, joined Portugal almost from the beginning and never moved my WA nation to another region. Since I arrived to the region, I found a place where there's a vibrant community and interesting debates. Unlike many other regions, the members of Portugal have a broad range of political ideas, from communists to reactionaries. Sometimes it’s hard to keep everyone satisfied but overall it’s a friendly region where I learned a lot about politics. We managed to build a democratic system that garanties freedom of speech and respect for all opinions. Portugal is the most important Lusophone and non-English speaking region in Nationstates. I recommend it for all the portuguese, brazilian and other Lusophone people."

~ Lusitanialand, former delegate

Peterandia wrote:

"What can be said about this region? Not much. The end, thanks for reading!
Ok, that would be a bit anti-climatic. The person who put me up to write this told me that it had to be somewhat serious, and brief. Three glasses of whisky later I can proudly say I met none of those goals.

So, what is our region all about? In a sense, I’ve been with this region since many of its current members were in diapers. But in another sense I’m newer than them. University, love life, several lousy jobs, I left this region nearly a decade ago. It really shows the spirit of this place that I was able to return now, a decade later, and find a place here.

Now, this is not a place for long winded projects. If you love long World Assembly projects, you came to the wrong place loser. If you are a sane, normal, sensitive person, stay away!
This is a place where crass jokes are made, sarcasm flows like a river, political opinions are sometimes normal but often strange.
Here you will find someone who claims he is Xi Jinping, liberal-conservatives defending communist tyranny as a joke, inside jokes and dark humour that is so dark it should be picking cotton, memes (Editor here, I guess we will just move on from the slavery joke i guess), a long running single-person roleplay that can be summed up as “Portuguese British Empire IN SPACE”, right-wing nutjobs who claim to be a government in exile, trolls (a lot of trolls), lousy boring poetry, and in our porn section of discord we post sexy pictures of our prime-ministers, yes, the lunatics have taken over the asylum.
Sometimes you will find long pointless political posts about stuff 99% of the population does not care about. Other times we just discuss elections as if they are horse races, and even bet on it.

In essence, this is what happens when a small band of political dorks from all walks of live and all ages mix together. So, to conclude, let me say that there is someone out there for everyone. In the case of lunatics present in this region, that person is a psychiatrist.
This region is terrible, and no sane person should ever visit it.

I like it a lot."

~ Peterandia, local revolutionary

Editor's note: Portugal and its government do not in any way approve of slavery or other kinds of inhumane practices, we just like comedy a lot, please don't sue us, thank you very much!

Portugalio wrote:

"Portugal is, at its core, a non-english region for Portuguese people. However, it would be very wrong to assume that there is nothing more to say about this region.

Portugal is a safe space for Portuguese speaking players, yes, but it is also a space of debate, where players with all types of political ideologies can come together and discuss a wide variety of topics. What I, personally, like the most about this region it’s the freedom we’ve got to discuss any topic (without insulting anyone of course), and that’s something we fight really hard to maintain.
If politics isn’t your thing and you prefer roleplays, then Portugal is still a viable option. In Portugal we always have a roleplay or two going on and they cover a wide variety of topics, from politics and economics to history (Paradox should sponsor this region, honestly). Moreover, many players in Portugal have their own role play going on and make sure to share it with everyone.

Of course, Portugal has changed through the years, no region stays the same, but I speak from experience, Portugal sure is a region to behold. The democratic system of electing a delegate is rare in the NS universe, but in Portugal we managed to implement it successfully, contributing to a climate of debate and curiosity.

Overall, this region is incredible, what’s not to like here?"

~ Portugalio, former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Caxina wrote:

I joined NS around 2 years ago and, well, I kinda settled down here in this tiny piece of forum that we can proudly say "ISTO É PORTUGAL CRLH" (swears ins portuguese).

I was never a very active member of this community: to be honest, college, internships, exam season, classes ate my time a lot but coming to NS just to check the forum and seeing it erupting in flames because of some sily discussion was always a good way to pass time and to laugh it off.
Now, somehow, I've risen to a position of power in this region and I could be very proper and formal but screw that! We have a Delegate with good music taste (the man likes ABBA, he gets my vote), a vice-delegate that must like to be busy a lot cause the man doesn't stop, and an overall great team. It's amazing, it's huge and we are going to make spain return Olivença to us and pay for it!

But back to my personal experience... I don't remember much about when I joined, but I do remember meeting great people here. People that now may have left the game or may have continued in this nonsense region along with me and many others. This was an adventure and a great one at that. I would recommend it to every portuguese folk out there; yes we may not be extremists and we do not allow insults, but hey, we have public decency, jokes, many strange debates, great people and good music taste.

To sum it up, it's great, it's huge, it's amazing and I really like it a lot. Wouldn't leave it for anything.

~ Caxina, Portuguese Soros backed LGBT overlord

WARNING: yes, Spain will give us land and pay for it, we are not gonna compromise in regards to our need to lambast Spain, I'm sorry (not really).

Thank you.

Well, we are here to interview you about your historic, may I say, colossal run for WA Secretary General. Tell us, what was your motivation, what inspired you to make such a brilliant campaign?

Well, it all started in the first day of the elections. Herya asked if anyone wanted to run in Portugal. I thought it would be fun and then I said I would run. I never thought that the campaign would go so far.

Yes, but what did you have in mind, what did you think about it? I'm sure you didn't just want to be a good and competent Secretary General, and it couldn't possibly be about power.... I mean.... So, what was your weird reason and did you know you would have your region's backing the all time?

Actually, I didn’t even think before that. I just acted. In the beginning I would never imagine that we would be in the Top 10.

Yes, the region's campaign, your campaign, got in the top 10 for sometime, that's an amazing feat!
But I think our readers really want to know what was it about, that bold, "act first think later", candidacy: what does "for a Dutchless NS" really mean?

We all hate the Dutch. Even the Dutch hate themselves. We, the Portuguese, are the only people that can fight the dutch until victory, or death, either way we win. The truth is that we did it!

But wouldn't you say that the dutch have the upper hand? I mean, people are saying that the winner was the pro-Dutch candidate and when people say stuff, it must be true, it stands to reason. I, myself, would label all non-Portuguese candidates as pro-dutch and if one of them wins anything then the terrorists have won the game.
What's your take on that?

I don’t think this was a complete defeat. This candidacy gave this cause a voice. Now, in the next elections, when the next Portuguese is running, he will win.

I too am confident in that and, therefore, delusional. It's nice to think about it really.
Are there any other players you would like to mention and who deserve credit for your and your region's acomplishment?

All portuguese citizens helped. NorthPortugal was my running mate. Alentejo and Algarve was my add creator. Peterandia was my advisor. A lot of people helped. I will be grateful to them until the rest of my days.

Thank you very much for your time, I think everyone in NS is grateful for our brave conquest. We hope they are prepared for our next campaign for a Dutchless NS. Is there anything you would like to add or say to the generous people at UCR Con 3?

I would like them to search about our great region and stand by for the rest of the Convention. Thank you!

And live from New York, it's Saturday Ni- actually our lawyers said I can't say that withouth paying... so we'll just move on.

DISCLAIMER: We don't hate the Dutch, but at the time their PM said some harsh things about our country and so it seemed like the perfect reason to make a sh*t show in a serious candidacy in a not so serious game. In hindsight... we were absolute geniuses, but the rules in this conference tell us not to bully anyone so I think we will just say we are cool with dutch people, they are always high anyways, they don't care.