The Bandeirantes came after/at the same time the jesuit missions, yet they're at Medieval. If we're going for realism, they also should come at Renaissance.
Correct, which is why I want them to be an early unique Commando.
The issue with the Bandeirantes unlock is that the base unit it replaces, the Explorer, comes one tech column earlier than it should. That's not the Bandeirantes' fault, it's more about the scout line needing some changes to avoid anachronism. I think that's beyond the scope for a 34UC related proposal.
Brazil is a extremely conservative religious country outside of big metropolis. I'd love to see this side represented beyond what Globo shows.
Many civs could be portrayed as religious, but only a few got religion as a dedicated focus in Civ V. For instance, Portugal, from whom the Brazilians inherited their religious zeal, was historically described as a giant convent, with many travelers commenting on how frequently the Portuguese spent their time praying. Yet, the civ is not represented as religious in civ V. Another example is Poland, which is a generalist civ in Civ V, but a religious one in Civ VI. The latter focused on the history behind "king" Jadwiga, who played a pivotal role in converting Poland (and Lithuania) to Christianism.
I also don't think a focused/specialized civ should be strong at too many things at once, or it ends shadowing the generalist civs (
e.g. Ethiopia, Poland); if a civ is already well specialized in one or two areas, then it's probably better for it to not do much in the rest. And Brazil is already very focused on culture, with a solid side focus on economy.
But I think we need to get rid of Sambadrome and the whole carnaval thing. That is a one pony trick, publicity stunt by the government that sells the entire country as 1 city for 2 days, as the sole purpose of visiting here. Since the city itself is completely dominated by cartels and militias (including the samba schools), I wouldn't want to be associated with that, even if it's just a game.
The leader personality traits could remain. My only problem is that I look at the full kit, and that represents 1 city, for 2 days a year. You can't design an entire civ around that small time frame.
I'd rather have a civ that shows what is good and true here than something that says everyone is happy for this period of time, get a load of money and make other civs follow this culture.
What about simply renaming the UA and its WLTKD to something related to Pedro II? The current UA can easily represent how he managed to hold together an empire on the verge of collapse, which could have ended in multiple small countries just like what happened to the Spanish colony in the Americas. He was loved by the population, he himself was an intellectual that earned the respect of many great minds of his time, was a patron of the Arts and the empire was prosperous. His rule is sometimes seen as the golden age of Brazil.
Merely renaming the UA to reference him ("Magmanous", "House of Bragança", etc), and rename the "Carnival" (unique WLTKD) back to just "WLTKD", may be enough to make it a proper historical reference, instead of a stereotype. It's not the first time we have an UA be simply about the leader (
e.g. Songhai UA as "River Warlord").