After decades on the edge of Aerospace Brazil experienced one of the sharpest population declines during the Eco-Crisis of the mid-21st Century. Following almost 30 years of negotiations with other nations for aid in exchange for reinstating the rainforests to their necessary levels Brazil hobbled into the 22nd Century with no where to go but up.
Breakthroughs in Aerospace technology helped Brazilian ANEX Astralnautics secure Military contracts with the company now the primary supplier of combat vehicles to most planetary governments and the UNSC.
The Brazilian Inititative which brought about creation of the UNCA in 2194 has resulted in a Brazilian renaissance period with the city of Sao Paulo hosting UNCA Head Quarters. The GEO-BANK is currently located in Brazil with the Universal Stock Exchange set in Rio de Janeiro.
Sao Paulo has also been shorted listed for the site for Planetary Council should the United Earth Initiative be approved.