Rio Grande do Sul is the fifth most populous state in The Federative Republic of Brazil which is a union of 27 Federative Units (Unidades Federativas, UF).
12% of the Brazilian territory, have a total of only 29
 Brazil is a founding member of the United Nations, the G20, BRICS, Mercosul, Organization of American States, Organization of Ibero-American States and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries

