I agree with the UA. It's about as stupid as having Sweden's UA be Nobel Prize. Actually, it's less stupid, a lot less stupid. And in all honesty, I could see something like that for Brazil, a nation that was literally named after a tree.
And it might be your opinion we're boring, but I think the majority would agree with me, a civilization (in real life, not in the game) based around salsa dancing, margaritas, drug wars, powerful mountains, corruption, and the like is a lot more interesting than Sweden or many civs in the game could ever be.