I don't like the idea of Brasilia also being the OAS, I think its a sci-fi cliche (althrough calling it Brasilia is more original, like as if Brasilians rule the whole thing and aren't afraid to show it). Let Brasilia be Brazil and let other countries (Argentina, Chile, etc) be able to do their own thing.
It also makes it as if Brazilians/Latin Americans are a bunch of losers who can only do something if they all get together at it, like some generic, identity-less ant-hive.
To me, it seems like they tried to imagine what would happen according to what had happened. For example, a one-country South American superpower sounds just like
Simón Bolívar's philosophy (I'm almost sure the name is no coincidence, by the way), in which only a Latin American union could stand up with the same strength as other global superpowers.
I also really, really dislike the name. I am very stringent about names and that means I believe names should be right. That means I'm going to have to change faction leader name to something purely brazilian (thinking of adding a tupi name there somewhere) so that I believe I am indeed playing a Brazilian expedition in space, not a expedition with my country on it along with a bunch of countries I don't care about. Sorry, this is a brazilian expedition only, other countries need not apply.
Well, on one hand, I also think the name is silly – it's the name of
our current capital, afterall. On the other, I see your point that other countries are misrepresented by it. But if you look at, say, Franco-Iberia, it does not note that it also rules over current Italy and North Africa. If I may speculate, for me it means that Brazil could be sovereign on the other countries by military force. In my opinion, it seems that the nation is strongly tied to warfare, since they have a general heading the Seeding and had a huge mark with their troops in Central Asia during the Great Mistake. Maybe your impression that Brazil overwhelms other nations from South America could instead be a hint at a terrible past of conquest...?
Also, ins't the flooding in the Great Mistake a little exagerated? For example, look at that flooding in the amazon. It flooded my city (Belém) along with it... Belém is 40km from the coast. What the hell happened? Was someone playing with Planet Busters?
Those are based on real global warming projections. Belém might be far from the coast, but with water levels rising, the Amazon River would be flooded, as well as a great part of the rainforest that is a tiny bit higher than sea level – including Belém.
I shall call Rejinaldo "Rej" or "Reji" or maybe even "Naldo".
Just remember that it's pronounced
as if it were in Spanish. From UOL Jogos' article:
No, it's not an ortographical mistake. Rejinaldo Bolivar de Alencar-Araripe is really written with a J*. According to the developers, this spelling is one of the Hispanic features of Brasilia's leader, which was formed with the union of South American countries, resulting in a mix of cultures and languages.
*In Portuguese, it is usually written with a G.