Evil Guam, being on the Portuguese side of the Treaty of Tordesillas, and being one of the first territories conquered on Portugal's quest to dominate Brazil, Evil Guam quickly bore the brunt of Portuguese colonization. Pedro Álveres Cabral, the discoverer of Brazil, as well as the first man to ever visit 4 continents, was also obviously the first man to discover Evil Guam. On Cabral's voyage to create trade relations with India, he sailed rather far off the course and hit the continent of South America. Following Cabral's discovery and claim of North-East Brazil, Cabral noticed an island nearby as he begun his trip back to India. Rather than simply continuing the voyage to India, Cabral swiftly turned his sails in the direction of the island to create another land for Portugal's empire to reach. Upon stepping foot on the island, he discovered the islands natural beauty and natural resources. While ultiamtely this didn't sway any of Cabral's decisions, as he set sail to return to India, this was duly noted by his Crew however. As Cabral and his crew sailed to India, fierce storms in the Atlantic led many of his ships to be sunk or badly damaged. Without many other options, four of the seven ships managed to change their course and land on Evil Guam with minimal deaths. The other three, however, sank in the Atlantic. These survivors ended up as the first settlers of Evil Guam, and made the first colony on the island that later became the modern day capital - Eville.
As Portuguese colonization of South America began to expand, that initially small settlement on Evil Guam swiftly became a much larger point of interest. As the eyes of wealthy Portuguese businessmen turned their eyes to Brazil, many flocked to Evil Guam as a base of operations, a place to be able to ship out large quantities of items all throughout the Portuguese colony. Additionally, as the transatlantic slave trade began to kick off, Evil Guam became a hub for slave auctions in the South American sphere. Indeed, while Evil Guam itself never became home to a large quantity of African slaves, it did become a large hub for the broader transatlantic sphere, with operations reaching as far as the Caribbean islands. This played a large factor in the diaspora of British settlers to the island, as following the English ban on the slave trade in the summer of 1834, Evil Guam became one of the best locations for British merchants to sell and auction their slaves. Additionally, due to it's location in the broader Portuguese trade routes, Evil Guam became a major location for housing Indian goods and spreading them to the rest of the South American continent. Indian goods - and in particular tea, became readily accessible in Evil Guam where it wasn't as accessible elsewhere. This was incredibly appealing to British merchants in the Caribbean, and led to a lot of Anglo-Caribbean individuals sailing and settling in northern ports in Evil Guam. Additionally, Evil Guam became home to the Vilão naval base, which became a large hub of Portuguese naval vessels in the Americas.
As Brazil became increasingly important in the Portuguese colonial sphere, so too did Evil Guam's. However, as Brazil's economy became decreasing reliant on metals like Gold and Silver and increasingly intrinsically tied to the growing reliance on sugar in economies of the southern hemisphere, Evil Guam did not follow the trend exactly. While Evil Guam itself did not contain many sugar plantations on it's shores, Evil Guam became a marketplace - a hub, for plantation owners to come and sell their sugar to merchants and locals at port. This led Evil Guam - while not necessarily a participant of the wide-spread slavery seen in states so dominated by sugar, was a beneficiary in it's continuation. Evil Guam became so dependent on Sugar, in fact, that by 1700, over 80% of Evil Guam's exports were entirely sugar related. The relationship between Evil Guam and Brazil's economies weren't entirely one-sided, however. Most of the slaves that ended up in Brazil were a result of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade in Evil Guam. With so many West-Africans pouring into the America's through Evil Guam, Evil Guam became incredibly important for wealthier plantation owners seeking to expand their operations. This balance between the economies, however, was very delicate. It would only take one small upset to send the system into chaos.
Evil Guam happened to play a major role in the Golden Age of Piracy during it's rise to economic prominence. It's location in the Atlantic allowed it to be a good place for pirates - particularly from the Caribbean, to stop whilst interfering in Atlantic mercantile operations. In particular, it attracted English pirates keen on interrupting French and Dutch trade. Evil Guam, for it's part, did nothing to interfere with the practices going on shortly beyond it's shores. For Evil Guam, it was a positive as long as the trade didn't interfere too much with Portuguese affairs. The pirates stopping at their shores, if anything, was good for Evil Guam, as it brought more customers from broader markets to the shores of Evil Guam. Many officials of Evil Guam went as far as too support trans-Atlantic pirates - mostly for their own benefit. Evil Guam's relationship with these trans-Atlantic pirates during it's peak shaped the idea of what Evil Guam was going into the future. That Evil Guam was always corrupt, always willing to turn a blind eye, if it meant gain for the island.
Portugal, a European empire at heart, created it's colonial empire primarily for the benefit of the nation back in Europe. As such, from the perspective of the monarchy in charge, a crackdown on foreign trade within it's colonies would benefit Portugal greatly. It would ensure that colonial resources go itself and not it's numerous opponents in the colonial sphere and European sphere. For Evil Guam, however, this would be disasterous. The way of life in Evil Guam was almost entirely dependent on it's trade with foreign colonial powers - and in particular the British and Spanish. As such, once these crack downs became rolling into effect, the Evil Guamanians were incredibly upset at their colonial overlords. Following the crackdowns, there was a stark decline in Evil Guam's economy that ultimately did the opposite of what the Portuguese intended. Instead of Evil Guam biting the bullet and trading more with Brazil or Portugal, Evil Guam began to fight against Portuguese merchant ships that came from Europe. There were wide-spread boycotts on Portuguese agricultural goods, and in particular spices from India procured by the Portuguese. Since Evil Guam served as a distribution center for the rest of Portuguese America, this heavily damaged the Portuguese economy, as one of it's largest markets was getting dramatically fewer product. In addition, there was wide spread violence in regards towards European Portuguese politicians and leaders who went to Evil Guam. Because of this, Portugal eventually made an exception for Evil Guam, signing the Eville trade agreement with Evil Guam in 1732, breaking the Colonial pact between Portugal and Evil Guam. Evil Guam's economy immediately began to prosper once more following this. The more substantial result of this rebellion, however, is the notion placed in the heads of the Evil Guamanians; that they were fully capable of impacting the Portuguese back in Europe.
Going into the 1800's, Evil Guam's situation did not see much change. While the extreme prevalence on sugar may have waned, what did not was it's economic domination over Brazil. Evil Guam continued to be an economic powerhouse in the southern Mediterranean, which slowly grew independence sentiments within Evil Guam. While nobody wanted independence quite yet, more economic autonomy and representation was something that began to grow in the minds of the Evil Guamanians. This seed would begin to blossom following the invasion of Spain and Portugal in 1808. This led to two major factors that set the stage for the mindset of Evil Guamanians entering the 19th century.
Following Napoleon's invasion of Spain, many Latin American countries, either seizing the opportunity or out of loyalty for the old king of Spain, broke away from the massive colonial empire that Spain had amassed. This did two things for Evil Guam. On one hand, this gave Evil Guam a lot more markets to trade with that it couldn't otherwise. Trade between the Spanish colonies and Evil Guam jumped by a solid 50% following their independence. This did a lot to give Evil Guam access to many new goods, even as far as the Philippines and Guam, and gave Evil Guam access to wider swaths of goods from Latin America, like grains, and precious metals. However, this also brought large competition to Evil Guam's economic stranglehold over Brazil. Since Brazil now had so many new neighbors, that gave Brazil many more markets to trade with, in particularly countries on the South-West border of Brazil, which were closer to some of Brazil's agricultural heartland. All and all, the introduction of Latin American markets to Evil Guam did provide a massive short-term boost to Evil Guam's economy that was enjoyed by the Evil Guamanians who dominated the political and economic scene on the island, however as time passed and growth began reaching lows it hadn't seen before, the Evil Guamanians began to blame Portugal for their economic woes.
Napoleon's invasion of Portugal brought about many changes between the relationship between Brazil and Portugal that would begin to shape the future of Portugal's colonial empire. Due to threat posed by Napoleon's invasion, Prince Regent John VI chose to relocate his royal court to Rio de Janeiro, forming the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. While this already set the stage for Brazil's independence movement, the impact of this hit Evil Guam relatively hard. Evil Guam, always having it's own identity apart from Portugal and Brazil, found it offensive that Evil Guam not be recognized in this union. Why was Evil Guam not separate from Brazil if the Algraves were separate from Portugal? Following the Napoleonic Wars, the collapse of the united kingdom was inevitable.
With power slowly seeping away from Brazil and towards Portugal in the United Kingdom, the people were bound to become restless. And while the unrest growing in the massive population contained within Brazil was clear, even to the Portuguese, the seeds of Evil Guam's ultimate break away was less focused on. From the perspective of the Portuguese, Evil Guam was primarily maintained by wealthy business men from Portugal. Independence would only harm them, so surely should the time come they would choose to keep ties with Portugal. However the Evil Guamanians did not think that way; they believed that the best way to maintain their trade, not only with Brazil, but with the rest of the Western Hemisphere, was to cut ties with Portugal. However, as the Brazilians woed with Portugal, the Evil Guamanians feared that their unrestricted business practices would be prohibited and limited by the Brazilians should they join a union. So, the answer to many Evil Guamanian leaders was clear. The best course of action was to attempt to achieve their own independence - separate from Brazil and Portugal.
Evil Guamanian officials and military began investments to grow Evil Guam's navy from a purely mercantile fleet into a military one. While slow, Evil Guam did manage to create a meager but professional navy fully capable to defend Evil Guam's shores. On September 7th, 1822, the Cry of Ipiranga rang out across Portuguese South America, and gave Evil Guam the moment the needed. A day later, after drafting the 1822 Vilão Constitution, Evil Guam declared independence from Portugal as well on September 8th. Thus began Evil Guam's short and sweet independence war. Portugal, more focused on reclaiming all of Brazil then some relatively insignificant island. As such, Portugal put very little effort into invading the island. Following many Evil Guam naval victories that severely damaged Brazilian invading forces, Portugal agreed to acknowledge Evil Guam's independence as long as they did not interfere with Portuguese plans in Brazil. Evil Guam obliged for the time being. Portugal finally lost it's hold in the Americas following Brazil's official recognition of independence in 1825, and Evil Guam was finally able to act independently.