It was composed of escaped African slaves located in Brazil, which saw internal conflict leading to its demise at the hands of the Portuguese
So, the Soviet Union controlled the east half of Germany and had it under Communist rule. West Germany was divided among the Allies and had sectors controlled by the United States, England, and France.
The answer is C) it has multiple parallel routes running east to west
1. Foreign policy
2. Nationalism
3. Sectionalism