Super Dragoon Fighter Wiki

State of Coari

---

Coari is a state in the Ancorian northwest. Located along the western shores of the Paraguaçu Sea, it is bordered to the north by Icalapé, to the south by Caeteguaçu, and it possesses international borders with the Federal Republic of Chinchapacha and the State of Yucay. Its capital and largest city is Cangaiba, which also serves as a major land, air and sea hub in the region. The entirety of the state is located within the eponymous Coari Rainforest, making it a site of significant interest on account of its natural resources. The AN-232, colloquially known as the Coari Highway, runs through Coari, terminating in Cangaíba.

Colloquially referred to as the 'lung of the world' and 'the green inferno', much of Coari remains dominated by virgin rainforest, with hundreds of indigenous tribes in the state remaining uncontacted. The state is renowned for its immense biodiversity, and significant restrictions since the 0080s have served to safeguard the rainforest against illegal mining and logging. Limited exploitation of its resources exist, such as the cultivation of rubber and controlled mining operations permitted by the federal government. Sample collection of Coari rainforest life has proven pivotal in offworld colonization endeavors, some of its flora playing a role in many of the manmade forests on Vasati. Furthermore, the state has become a location of interest to the Ancorian military and the broader Commonwealth's defense command in recent decades, with the construction of the 'Escudo do Coari' defensive supergun network preceding a broader increase in military activity in the state. Of greatest significance, and unbeknownst to the civilian population, the subterranean mega-fortress of Niquiá hosts one of the primary command centers of the Commonwealth's unified defense command.

History
Coari was tenuously settled in the 7th century S.C. by Viratian explorers led by the Vestan mercenary Coronel Kurtz, founding the inland city of Cangaiba as a nexus for trade along the Coari River. Kurtz's expedition is believed to have been preceded by several centuries by Itzmilcan explorers, although no serious inland colonization efforts were ever undertaken by the Itzmilcans. The region would become the Captaincy of Grão-Coari, spanning Coari and Icalapé.

Despite its remoteness, Cangaiba would grow in the subsequent centuries, the broader exploitation of the vast rainforest subsidized by the Viratian colonial authorities—and then the Ancorian government. Particularly due to its remoteness, it became a desirable place for immigrant relocations by the Ancorian imperial crown, leading to minority communities of Phanuelites and Spiritists forming. The Cabanagem revolt, which lasted from 838 to 841 S.C., would lead to the separation of the province into its present borders of Coari and Icalapé.

Deforestation peaked in the 10th century S.C., shortly before the Twilight War.

The start of the Rational Era marked the beginning of a decline in illegal mining and logging in the state, which would eventually be definitively opposed under the 0087 Constitution. Since then, the rainforest has largely rebound, with much of its virgin growth preserved. Today, this remains the case, with the military helping combat encroachment by poachers and illegal loggers, as well as spillover of Chinchapachan drug cartel activity.