Virreinato del Perú

Skibidi vibes in the history of the Virreinato del Perú, where the goon squad of Spanish Crown ruled from 1542 to 1824. Think of it like a dank toilet throne of power in South America, with Lima as the edge of control. Plus Ultra, they said, but as the centuries rolled, the territory shrank like a lowkey meme. The Borbón reforms turned the empire into a sigma grind, losing lands to Nueva Granada and Río de la Plata. By the 1800s, even as they flexed their wealth, most riches funneled from Nueva España. Independence wars were the ultimate ship for change, but the legacy of the virreinato still echoes.