Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands in Polynesia.

Colonial Time and before
Before the Spanish empire colonized The Americas, the indians lived in Chile, like the Mapuches, Changos, Aimaras, etc. In 1533 Diego de Almagro started it's expedition to Chile, he didn't created a colony because he didn't like the place, and he wanted to lead Lima, he died trying that. In 1540 Pedro de Valdivia started another expedition, he founded Santiago de Chile, La Serena, Valdivia and more cities. He was the first Chilean governor he died in 1553 in the battle of Tucapel and the Mapuches ate his hearth to have his bravery and courage.

Independence
The Independence started in September 18th 1810 when the king of Spain was prisoner in France, in Chile was installed a temporally government called "Junta", that was the first independent act. The Important persons in the independence were Bernardo O'Higgins, José Miguel Carrera, Manuel Rodríguez. Chile was full independent in 1818.

In 1843 Chile founded Fort Bulnes on the Patagonia, near the actual city of Punta Arenas

After 1850 (Alternate History from the Server)
In 1851 Chile and Argentina signed a treaty to define the limits in Patagonia, since both had rights on that Zone. In 1856 Chile expanded it's territories to Antofagasta and Tarapacá Provinces, that Bolivia and Peru claimed but didn't occupied, in 1857 Chile expanded to Arica, Tacna, Moquegua and Puno, the last one is in Titicaca.

In 1862 Chile conquered Easter Island and Salas y Gomez Island

In 1864 Chile conquered Tahiti (Society Islands), Marquesas Islands

In 1865 Chile conquered Samoa, Tonga and bought Wallis and Fatuna from France.

In 1872 Chile conquered Fiji

In 1879 Chile took effective sovereignty of the Territorial Triangle in dispute with Perú

Administrative divisions
Chile is divided into 5 regions, each headed by an intendant appointed by the president.