In many ways, Brazil resembles the United States. At more than 3,287,000 square miles, Brazil comprises more than half of South America's land mass, much the same way the United States dominates the North American continent. It is made up of 26 states and one federal district. The government is conceived as the United States as a federal republic with three branches; executive, legislative and judicial. The executive branch is led by an elected president and vice president, who appoint ministers who run various government agencies, a legislative branch divided in two; the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, and the judiciary which has three courts; the Supreme Federal Court, the Higher Court of Justice and the regional federal courts. With a population of 202 million people (2014), it is the fifth most populous nation in the world compared to the United States, which ranks third according to the World Factbook (2015). Although there is an indigenous population, the majority of Brazilians are of European and African descent. In addition to the Portuguese, who originally founded the country, the population also includes large numbers of German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish immigrants. With its many different ethnicities, Brazilians practice many different religions, but over 70% of the population identifies as Roman Catholic, making Brazil the largest Roman Catholic country in the world. It was thought that Brazil and the United States might share many physical and demographic characteristics; Brazil's history has helped shape the culture in different ways than that of the United States. Inhabited by indigenous people for thousands of years, Brazil was discovered by the Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cab...... middle of paper ... ... orientation towards group formation, group action and reward in group. In Brazil there are two trade union groups: company unions which represent companies in the same sector and workers' unions which represent employees. As a result, employee union contracts are stipulated with company unions rather than with individual companies. Furthermore, Brazilian law requires that all employees receive an annual bonus equal to one month's salary or décimo tercier. (Kelm & Risner, 2007, p. 74) Then, responding to the statement “Everyone is allowed to work individually and can receive individual credit”, Trompenaars & Hampen-Turner (2012, p. 70), found that only 49 percentage of Brazilians agree versus 72% of Americans. Overall, Brazilians tend to favor communitarianism over individualism, as seen in the way they organize themselves in their work and private lives..