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Casarosa, officially the Republic of Casarosa, is sovereign country on the Estevian continent. Casarosa is the second largest country in Estevia and the world's 33rd-largest country. It shares a border with New Porto in the east and San Gregorio in the south.

The continent of Estevia had been inhabited for around 40,000 years before it was discovered by Portuguese discover Costantino Felipe Esteves in 1583. The continent was occupied by the Portuguese until after the Estevian war in 1659, when Estevia was divided between Portugal, Spain, and the British Empire. The British received the western part of the continent and the Barones' Islands. The region, known as British Estevia, continued to be part of the British Empire until the 1923 revolution led Nicholas Henry Vathe, a general stationed in the region, which led to the independence of Casarosa on 18 February 1925.

Casarosa is a parliamentary republic comprimised of seven provinces. Casarosa's population of about 19 million is highly situated on the country's coastline. Vathe is the nation's capital and largest city. Other populous settlements include Robinson, Alph, and Brownport.

Etymology
The name Casarosa is derived from the Portuguese casa rosa ("rose house"), named after the House of Roses where the revolutionaries met during the 1923 Revolution. How the building became to be known as the House of Roses is however still unknown.

British Estevia was the name Casarosa was refered whilst under the rule of the British. Estevia comes from Costantino Felipe Esteves, the discoverer of the continent.

The country is colloquially referred to as the Land of Roses, which is also derived from the House of Roses.

Discovery and Portuguese colonisation
The Portuguese were the first Europeans that arrived in Estevia. Constantino Felipe Esteves and his man were the first to sight the continent in early 1583, and made landfall on 27 July 1583 near the current town of Nestbay. After discovering the abundance of natural resources it had to offer, the Portuguese quickly colonised the entire continent, which caused the deaths of most of its original inhabitants due to infectious diseases among other reasons. The other European nations arrived on Estevia in the following decades but Portugal's monopoly remained strong until almost 70 years after the continent's discovery in the year 1659 when the Estevian war broke out. Tensions between Portugal and the other European powers had been rising for years due to the stronghold the Portuguese held on the region. On 23 August 1659, a coalitian of the British and Spanish attacked a naval bay in the city of Goba, located in current day New Porto, thus starting the Estevian war. The war ended on 12 April 1665 with the treaty of Porto, which divided the continent between the three nations. The British received the land west of the Coração mountain range, current day Casarosa, the Spanish the land south of the Coração mountain range, whilst the Portuguese kept the land east of the mountain range.

British Estevia
British Estevia was founded in 1665 after the treaty of Porto was signed.

Independence
British Estevia remained part of the British Empire until after the first world war. The war had devastated the economy of the region and the British Estevians began feeling hostile towards the British. Various independence movements started in the first years after the war but non were succesful until 1923, when Nicholas Henry Vathe, a former general of the British Estevian Army who fought during the war, succesfully spearheaded a revolution. The revolution ended in January 1925 and British Estevia, now named the Republic of Casarosa gained independence on 18 February 1925.

General characteristics
Casarosa borders the Pacific ocean. The Barones' Islands are separated from the mainland by the Baronesian Sea. The world's 33rd-largest country, it is located on the Estevian Continent and shares land borders with New Porto and San Gregorio, both borders are situated in the Coração mountain range. Casarosa has a landmass of 898,155.27 square kilometres (346,779.688 sq mi).

Most of Casarosa's 19 million population lives on the coastline, since most of inland Casarosa is arid land, whilst the coastal area is more tropical.

Politics
Casarosa is a parliamentary republic.