Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil [bɾaˈziw]) officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil,)), is an independent country in South America. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language, besides being one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to the strong immigration from various places in the world. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil is bordered by the United States and covers just under 40% of South America's land area. Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest, home to diverse wildlife, a variety of ecological systems, and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats. This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil a megadiverse country, and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection.
History[]
Green Uprising[]
Main article: Revolutions of 2027
Following the Late 2010s Recession Brazil's government under President Jair Bolsonaro began a process of consolidating power and cracking down on public demonstrations. The 2022 general election was largely seen by the international community as a sham, however the uptick in the global economy was enough to keep the Bolsonaro regime in power.
The Flood and the subsequent Great Famine exasperated public discontent over the repressive Bolsonaro regime, particularly with regard to the regime's logging policies toward the Amazon. After further imprisonment of popular Presidential candidates in the 2026 elections, the country went into open rebellion against the Bolsonaro regime. With the military overextended, the country's Army chief of staff led a coup that deposed Bolsonaro and established a provisional government.
Cerrado Terraforming Project[]
The vast tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil was a historical burden on Brazil's development, as it was home to large areas of open ground that should have been ideal for farming and development, but possessed soil too nutrient poor to be of any use. Starting in the 1990s there were multiple attempts to reduce soil acidity and add fertilizing agents to make the area suitable for development. By the 2010s, the Cerrado accounted for 70% of Brazil's farmland. However, it wasn't until the biotech boom that the Cerrado became the agricultural heart of South America, surpassing the now flooded Rio De La Plata. Brazil became a major import of other soil nutrient agents from Space not long after this period. The region's use as an agriculture hub, eventually reduced the rate of destruction of the Amazon Rain Forest, and in part led to Brazil's moritorium on loggin inside the remaining portion of the world' largest rain-forest.