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Well... First of all, I've been always fascinated by the idea of imaginary countries. This was certainly inspired by Brazilian writer Ziraldo Alves Pinto and his book O Menino Maluquinho (The Crazy Little Boy), which mom gave to me when I was 6 or 7. The Crazy Boy of the title, on one page, describes his Lost Country of Eufeidolôcio and its capital city of Timólei-Mólei. Also, even as a kid, I was interested in politics. I remember watching the news on TV with my family. I remember the political crisis and scandals in Brazil and abroad. Yeah, it was fun too.

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  • Well... First of all, I've been always fascinated by the idea of imaginary countries. This was certainly inspired by Brazilian writer Ziraldo Alves Pinto and his book O Menino Maluquinho (The Crazy Little Boy), which mom gave to me when I was 6 or 7. The Crazy Boy of the title, on one page, describes his Lost Country of Eufeidolôcio and its capital city of Timólei-Mólei. Also, even as a kid, I was interested in politics. I remember watching the news on TV with my family. I remember the political crisis and scandals in Brazil and abroad. Yeah, it was fun too.
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  • Well... First of all, I've been always fascinated by the idea of imaginary countries. This was certainly inspired by Brazilian writer Ziraldo Alves Pinto and his book O Menino Maluquinho (The Crazy Little Boy), which mom gave to me when I was 6 or 7. The Crazy Boy of the title, on one page, describes his Lost Country of Eufeidolôcio and its capital city of Timólei-Mólei. So, of course I had to make my own lost countries as well! Rocky islets on the Pacific... A small jungle nation in the Angola-Zaire border area... Or huge islands in the Atlantic Ocean, midway between Brazil and Africa, with a multi-language Slavic and Latin American culture... Sometimes they were simply maps, sometimes they also had details like flags, factbook statistics... Also, I've always been fascinated by role-playing games - something that, essentially, the Imaginations are. When I was 9, my sister's boyfriend gave me an old box with his Dungeons and Dragons books, guides, charachter sheets... "What, dice with more than six sides? These things exist?". Even though my RPG campaigns never lasted too long - it was really hard to convince the other kids to drop that football and oh, come on, let's fight some evil wizards with our swords and spells! It was fun, anyway... Also, even as a kid, I was interested in politics. I remember watching the news on TV with my family. I remember the political crisis and scandals in Brazil and abroad. Yeah, it was fun too.
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