Brazoria


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The Republic of Brazoria is a located in central. Brazoria is composed of 23 provinces, and it is bordered to the north by Superior, to the east by the United Commonwealth, to the west by Sierra, to the south by Mexico, and to the southeast by the. Brazoria has a total land area of about 383,974 square miles, making it the world's 30th largest country by land area, and with an estimated population of 38.508 million people as of 2018, Brazoria is the 36th most populous nation in the world.

Brazoria is a. The President serves as the ceremonial, while supreme political power is vested in the Diet, the legislature of the nation. The Chancellor, the, is elected through a in the Diet at the beginning of every four year term, with the leader of the party or coalition of parties with a majority typically winning the position. The of the Diet is guaranteed by the Constitution, a document that transitioned the original government into its modern form in 1848.

The earliest inhabitants of Brazoria were various indigenous tribes scattered across the country, with many different cultures flourishing in the period immediately before European exploration. was the first European nation to enter into and explore Texas, doing so as early as 1526 with the expedition led by along the Gulf Coast of the country. Despite strong initial claims by Spain, the French would attempt to challenge them with the establishment of in 1685, and, although this attempt failed, it led to the formal declaration of Spanish claims over Texas in 1690. With the outbreak of the, the colonial government expedited the settlement process through the granting of land to s, whose families were given special privileges in return for bringing many new settlers. The empresarios would see their successes increase with the creation of the Intendancy of Texas in 1787, which was followed by another period of sweltering immigration with the outbreak of the in 1810. However, after Mexican authorities estbished control over all of New Spain, the administration attempted to crack down on Anglo settlement in Texas, causing a revolt which led to the Texan Revolution in 1835 and the subsequent establishment of the Republic of Texas the following year. While Texas was victorious in securing its initial independence, the Mexicans would continue to see the fledgling state as a province-in-rebellion until the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848 with the. That same year, with its national land claims recognised by its neighbours, the Constitution of Brazoria took effect and transitioned the nation into its current mode of governance.

Brazoria funded quick expansion into its vast territorial claims, an action which resulted in the New Mexico Crisis and the ensuing Pact of the Rockies with Sierra. Cooperation with Sierra expanded into a full alliance after the outbreak of the War of Contingency, a conflict which assured the continued domestic growth of Brazoria without foreign intervention and had large implications on the economic direction of the country through the government-sponsored rise of domestic. swept the nation as a burdgeoning middle class became increasingly aware of monopolistic business practices and their effect on government, and the discovery of oil at only further hightened the dramatic reirganisation of industry in the country. However, the and the  both halted this exponential growth, causing unprecedented economic and societal chaos, especially in more agriculturally-dependent regions. Tens of thousands emigrated into neighboring countries, and many more fled the countryside for the city, prompting the government to introduce stricter economic controls that would ultimately see the end of true economics and the rise of the domineering Pact of the Left in the First Red Hurricane of 1932. Brazoria joined the in 1939 alongside the, permanently solidifying the bond between itself and other Western nations as a global power. Brazoria co-founded in 1949, signalling the nation's opposition to the  during the. Cultural and political movements throughout the later half of the 20th Century saw a general societal embrace of diversity in the country and a vast rise in levels of both education and standards of living. However, the Great Recession of 2008 put an end to constant economic growth and saw a revival of Leftist spirit in the country through the Second Red Hurricane of that same year.

The economy of Brazoria is considered to be a  with a generally high  and a moderate. The national petroleum company, Brazoco, is one of the world's largest exporters of -based products, and the vast majority of its profits are put into the Brazorian National Development Trust. Brazoria was one of the world's earliest petroleum centres, and it continues today to possess some of the most productive in the world, which are located predominantly in the national economic capital of Houston. services and are also integral to the economy, due to the country's central continental location; the  is the second-busiest container port on the continent. Manufacturing remains a prominent part of the economy due to high rates of, with middle-sized general goods manufacturers producing a wide variety of , mostly , , , , and products. contribute to a large portion of the economy as well. Finally, has remained one of the most significant features of the Brazorian economy since the inception of the country, with Brazoria being North America's largest producer of, s, and s. Standards of education, sanitation, health, and general livability are high, while mortality and disease are generally low. Brazoria is considered a politically, and the human rights of its citizens are protected through the Brazorian Charter of Civil Rights.

Brazoria enjoys warm relations with most other western countries, and the nation has held a strong, lasting alliance with the neighbouring Kingdom of Sierra since the early 1860s. Other nations with which Brazoria holds close relationships with are, Rainier, , , and. Brazoria was a founding member of the League of Nations and the, and it is also a member of the Conference of American States, the , the , the , and the.

Etymology
The word Brazoria comes from a combination of the word , a river of certain importance to the history of the country, and the Latin suffix -ia, meaning land or country. The official name Republic of Brazoria was adopted alongside the Constitution in 1848, when before the nation had been known as the Republic of Texas. This earlier name for the country, Texas, stems from a word meaning friendship that was translated as Tejas in. The name Texas is still sometimes used to refer to the country in a poetic manner, especially significant as a cultural image of Old Western frontiers and revolutionary spirit. The name Texas was not adopted by the government due to its association with foreign colonial rule, and the early national government hoped to increase the appeal of the country to non-Spanish immigrants.

Geography
The territorial shape of Brazoria is a result of the stipulations of the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819 between Spain and the United States, in that the far northern edge of the country is defined by the. The is the other major defining point of the Kingdom's territory, and hence, the western boundary of the nation is defined as all lands south of 42nd parallel north to the headwaters of the Rio Grande, but with the eastern extent of this northern expansion being the. The Arkansas River then serves as the northern border until the, which runs south from the Arkansas River to meet the. The Red River also serves as the northern border, running east until meeting the point rising from the intersection of the and the, the latter of which then serves as the eastern border until entering the. The Rio Grande serves as the western border until also emptying into the Gulf of Mexico until it reaches the.

Brazoria is an environmentally and geographically diverse nation that spans a great deal of central North America. There are five primary geographic regions which make up Brazoria; those being the eastern, the semi-arid , , and , the central , the north-central mixed grass and shortgrass  alongside the more eastern , and the western  and  alpine regions. Each geographic region can be further subdivided into a total of ten separate ecological zones in the country.

The Brazorian climate varies specifically depending on location in terms of precipitation and humidity, though most of the country has similar monthly temperatures, with summers being very hot and winters being mostly mild in all non-alpine regions of the nation. The Piney Woods, Coastal Prairie, Southern Flats, and Rio Grande Valley all experience a high amount of humidity and precipitation all year round, with spring being especially prone to strong rains which often create flooding conditions. Furthermore, flooding like rains in the springtime are also common in the Hill Country and some more eastern parts of the Great Pairie. These eastern geographic regions also experience the risk of s, which occasionally make landfall in Brazoria after crossing the warm. The Great Prairie and Hill Country otherwise experience a moderate amount of precipitation for a continental climate throughout the year, and humidity is relatively low. The Stake Prairie and Pecos Valley regions of the country in the west receive a much lower amount of year-round precipitation than eastern regions, resulting in their relatively arid climates which are prone not to flooding but rather to es, whose presence in the country also overlap in the flood-prone regions of the Great Prairie and Hill Country. The alpine New Mexican and New Canaan regions have much more mild year-round temperatures than other parts of the country, and snowfall is common in the alpine winter.

Early period
The lands now making up Brazoria were originally inhabited by various bands of peoples who arrived over the  approximately 20000 years ago. While the vast majority of the native peoples in the pre-Columbian period were related to the Bering-originated and  cultures, the s in the far west of the country are derived from the southern  peoples. The most eminent tribe in the region shortly before the arrival of Europeans was the, who spread out across a vast part of the plains making up the modern-day northern part of Brazoria. The Comanche held hegemonic power over the other peoples of the region in an area known as by the time the  arrived in 1526.

Early colonial period
The first Europeans to explore the lands now composing Brazoria were s, the first of such being under an expedition originally led by  in 1526. Narváez did survive the journey, but one of the men of the expedition was, who became responsible for the first identifications of the tribes and landscape of the region which became known as Texas. This original expedition was followed by that of, who searched the western and central parts of Texas in order to find the fabled in 1540. Although these explorers laid claimed to all the of lands of the region for Spain, the area was largely ignored by early Spanish colonial authorities and settlers.

The first challenge to Spanish control over the region transpired in 1684, when a group of French settlers led by settled at  near, despite originally intending to settle at the mouth of the. While the fort was destroyed by disease and native attacks as soon as 1689, the Spanish would see the settlement as the sign of encroaching French interests into what they had claimed as Spanish territory, and began to fund expeditions and missionary settlements throughout the region, also returning to the territory of the Pueblo indians from which they had been ousted. founded the first Spanish mission in the more eastern part of the Texas region, near present day San Antonio in 1690. The mission was at first unsuccessful, with the priests leaving after a year, and after twenty years of Spanish disinterest in the area, Spain would only sponsor further eastward settlement when the missionary threatened to ask for French help in building new settlements in 1711. The second Spanish settlement composed of mostly civilians was San Antonio, serving as a way station for new immigrants heading towards different parts of Texas.

The in 1718 saw brief tensions between the French and the Spanish in eastern Texas, but overall, no blood would be shed in Texan boundaries. The Spanish fought with the in 1746 due to Spanish ties with the, but later, in 1749, negotiated a peace with the Apache that angered the larger  tribal confederacy. Although preoccupied with the Comanche in the north, the end of the saw the leave of the French from the eastern reaches of Texas in 1763. The Spanish government ordered a relocation of many settlers to San Antonio in order to consolidate Spanish civilians and free the troops guarding them for dedication towards conflicts in the north, but many ignored Spanish commands and remained in the east, and instead, founded the town of Nacogdoches around an older mission in the area. The raids from the north came to an end when, in 1785, the Comanche agreed to a peace treaty, and soon after, a lasting alliance was forged between the Comanche and the Spanish colonial authorities.

Intendancy period
The Spanish created the Intendancy of Texas in 1787, after San Antonio and Nacogdoches both grew to sizes which could sustain a local bureaucracy, and the increasing frequency of native raids further cemented the need for the establishment of a local government capable of fielding a small militia in both towns. Officials within the new political unit, under the direction of Intendant-General Juan Carlos de Lara, began to sponsor a policy of more intense settlement by inviting nearby -speaking settlers from further east into the territory instead of attempting to encourage Spanish settlers to migrate to the far edges of the. By 1790, native raids on Spanish settlements came to an end with Comanche assistance, and in 1793, the mission at San Antonio was secularized and became a fort. Both developments further encouraged white, English-speaking protestants to migrate to Texas, as at the time they only arrived in small numbers; rarely at a rate of more than five families every month. Immigration to the territory subsequently reached its highest level ever, and the Spanish colonial administration continued to overlook the domestic governance of the intendancy despite its high growth rate.

In 1799, Spain returned Louisiana to France, but neither properly defined the border between Louisiana and Texas, and as a result the would lead to a border dispute between the  and Spain. The dispute continued until 1819, when the was agreed upon by the two countries, which defined the  as the Spanish-American border. While Spain retained de jure control of following the 1808 transfer of power to, their colonial empire as a whole began to fall into disorder. The lack of administrative oversight in New Spain during the only encouraged the intendant government of Texas to become even bolder in its attempts to bring foreign settlers to the territory. If the Spanish colonial authority were to assume power once more, the entirety of the new, English-speaking population of Texas would have been expelled, but almost all regional power was vested at the time in the local administration of the intendancy, which only encourged further settlement by these English-speakers.

The small population of the territory was completely isolated from the, and there exist no real support for either side on the conflict among the local populace and in the local government. The territory would continue to be overlooked by the changing authorities of the times, as the Spanish were slowly losing control of New Spain to Mexican rebels, and the strategic value of Texas at the time was low. There would be no serious attempt to establish any real control over the intendancy until the Mexican victory in 1821, when the Mexican government merged the intendant government with that of a neighboring territory, a move that was intended to curb Texan influence in government, and was subsequently met with extreme resistance from the locals.

Revolutionary period
After the independence of Mexico, Texas was made a part of the province of in 1824, and although the region could opt to become its own state when the Mexican central government deemed such an action feasible, locals within Texas were skeptical at best at the possibility of this actually coming to pass. The same year, the new government implemented the, allowing for foreigners to settle in Mexico without hindrance in order to bolster immigration and population, especially in the more sparsely populated areas of the nation as to bolster self defense from constant Comanche raids, which had flared in reaction to the loss of Spanish authority in the region.

The Mexican government aimed to continue heavy colonization by attracting settlers from the United States. While there was still a general feeling of resentment towards the Mexican government among locals, the provincial government used the opportunity of support from the central government to begin granting huge parcels of land to prospective new settlers. The first such grant was given to, whose son, Stephen Austin, commonly considered to be the Father of Brazoria, followed through with his father's plans and brought three thousand families to settle in Texas along the. Twenty-three other empresarios would bring tens of thousands of settlers to the territory. The vast numbers of immigrants surprised the Mexicans, who did not expect such a multitude to flock into Texas. Wanting to avoid the complete conversion of northern Mexico into English-speaking regions,, then President of Mexico, outlawed any further immigration from the United States in 1830, and furthermore, he implemented stricter tax and custom laws, whose enforcement was made possible by the construction of many new s in the territory. These measures, which many immigrants considered reactionary, led to widespread civil unrest in Texas, with one notable revolt, the, becoming the prelude to outright rebellion against Mexican rule in 1832. Mexican troops would flee Texas after the that same year, and at the, many Texans, both older Spanish-speakers and newer English-speakers alike, demanded that Mexico grant Texas provincial autonomy. Stephen Austin was sent to to negotiate with the Mexicans in 1833, but he was jailed on arrival and held on suspicion of treason. When began reforms aimed at centralizing the Mexican state and abolishing regional autonomy, local authorities in Texas ended attempts at negotiations and called for an armed revolt against Mexican tyranny, signaling the beginning of the Brazos Revolution in 1835.

The first full-scale, armed action against Mexican authorities took place at the, which is considered the first engagement of the actual revolution. On March 2nd, 1836, representatives at declared the Brazos Compact of 1836, which established the Republic of Texas with  as its first Chancellor. The compact to establish a new nation was given justification by the rebels in that the Mexican government had failed in its promise to preserve their security from native raids which the colonists had enjoyed in Pre-Revolutionary times, and that the Mexican government had violated the federal pact preserving the rights of the individual states of Mexico which had existed during the time of their initial arrival Texas. After the decree, many colonists mistakenly believed the war was over and left the Army of the Brazos to return to their homes. The soldiers left with the local authorities were mostly from the United States, and because of this, the Mexican congress clarified that any foreign-born peoples fighting against the federal government was to be executed, declaring it would not take prisoners of war.

President Antonio López de Santa Anna personally led 6,000 troops north to quell the revolutionaries, leading the bulk to besiege the in San Antonio. General led a contingent of soldiers up the coastline under orders from Santa Anna, a move which culminated in the Goliad Massacre, where 300 revolutionaries were executed. After a thirteen-day siege, Santa Ana was victorious in overwhelming and annihilating the near 200 defenders of the Alamo, all of whom were either killed in the fighting or executed afterwards. News of Mexican brutality and defeats for the rebels influenced the, in which many settlers fled to the east, with most rejoining the Brazos Army and some returning to the United States. After several weeks of maneuvering through the countryside, the revolutionaries were able to catch the Mexican Army off guard in the Battle of San Jacinto, capturing Santa Ana and forcing him to sign the Treaties of Puerto Velasco, which effectively ended the war. The Mexican government, however, would continue to refuse to recognize the independence of Texas, never formally ratifying the treaties in its own legislature.

Old Republic period
The newly founded Republic was first based out of Washington-on-the-Brazos, but the capital was later moved to Houston in 1837 and then finally to Austin in 1839, where it remains today. The first elected Chancellor of the National Council was Sam Houston, who at first pursued a foreign policy which sought to build a strong relationship, geared towards eventual annexation, with the neighbouring United States. Although Houston's efforts were largely unsuccessful cementing an outright deal of annexation, he began a lasting policy of openness towards Anglo-American neighbours. In 1838, with the election of the nationalist Mirabeau Lamar, the political effort seeking eventual annexation by the United States was ended, and instead, the primary foreign policy goal of Lamar became the realisation of Texan territorial claims against Mexico. Lamar also authorised the beginning of nationally-operated, formalised a standing army, and signed a treaty with the which vowed to outlaw slavery by 1840 in exchange for their economic and political support. Lamar organised the in 1841, the success of which saw the rise of Texan power in New Mexico, much to the detestation of the Mexican government.

In 1841, popular nationalist Garrett Langley was elected Chancellor, and unlike Houston and Lamar, Langley viewed the United States as a potentially useful ally for its powerful army, near location, and strong cultural similarities with Brazos settlers. Hence, Langley arranged a diplomatic campaign which culminated with the Treaty of Nacogdoches in 1845, in which the United States vowed to come to the defense of Texas if its territorial sovereignty was threatened, and in exchange, merchants and colonists from the United States would be given very favourable tariff breaks and land grants respectively. Though the American federal government ideally wished to annex Texas, the domestic implications of expanding slavery and the United Kingdom's support of Texas prevented an outright occupation of the country. This arrangement infuriated Mexico, as the territory of Texas as recognised by the United States thereafter included the disputed lands to the north of the Rio Grande. When a contingent of American-Texan troops moved into a defensive position south of the Nueces River in 1846, the Mexicans responded by sending their own defense force, and the two eventually met in what became known as the, causing the outbreak of the Mexican-American War.

Texas launched its own New Mexico Campaign with professional soldiers and American volunteers in the summer of 1846, which won a swift series of victory and eventually opened western routes into the rebelling California Republic by that same November. The Republic thereafter became a staging point for an American invasion of Mexico, and two years later, after intense and bloody fighting in the Mexican homeland, Mexico surrendered at the. The treaty caused the formal recognition of Texan sovereignty by the Mexicans, the establishment of American military installations in Mexico, and the allowance of the independence of neighbouring California, which was to later become Sierra. Following the surrender of Mexico, and the realisation of its formal, internationally-guaranteed territorial sovereignty, a series of constitutional conventions in Austin were held in order to establish a more democratic and easily expandable form of government, which resulted in proclamation of the Constitution; a document that established the modern system of administration through the Chancellor and Diet, and which officially renamed the Republic of Texas as the contemporary Republic of Brazoria.

Gilded period
In the time after the end of the Mexican-American War, Brazoria's economy grew rapidly as immigrants from poured into the countryside, most of whom were German s and s escaping the after effects of the. Through organizations such as the, hundreds of thousands of immigrants came to Brazoria, settling across the plains in the central, northern, and western reaches of the Republic. Although many held radical political ideologies, they were welcomed by officials due to their high levels of education and their intention to settle in unexplored regions. Germans would continue to be the largest immigrant group to Brazoria until the very end of the 19th century. British, French, Czech and other European ethnicities also made up considerable portions of the new immigrants to the country, many of whom came for the very same reasons as the Germans. The ability to become a citizen of the Republic was made easy for all new immigrants to the country, and immigration processing centres in Galveston and Corpus Christi were expanded multiple times throughout the 19th century to handle the constantly increasing flow of people entering the country.

Large swaths of land were settled in mere decades in the central plains, and towns continued to be founded further and further west. As immigrants settled in the New Mexico territory, ambiguity between Brazoria and Sierra over what defined the border between the two countries realised into small skirmishes along the Rio Grande, as Brazorian settlers attempting to cross the river were often intercepted by Sierran military police and sent back to Brazorian lands. The Massacre of San Jaun Crossing took place in 1861, which triggered the New Mexico Crisis between the two young nations. Large scale hostilities were avoided after diplomats between the two parties agreed to the Treaty of Santa Fe, which set the Rio Grande as the official border between the two nations. Another result of the increased settlement of the western reaches was an increasing amount of violent confrontations between local indigenous bands and newly arriving immigrant populations, a prolonged period of tension known as the Long Little War, beginning in 1853 with the Battle of Canadian Creek and ending in 1904 with the Hogg-Parker Agreement.

The benefited Brazoria financially as it became a valuable middle ground for trade between  and the outside world, due to a heavy Union blockade of the Confederacy in place for a large part of the war. Although the Confederate States were militarily defeated, the and nearly all other high ranking officials of the Union's presidential administration by Confederate agents resulted in the withdrawal of the Union army from the South and resulted in the fracturing of the United States into several smaller nations after the foundation of the Brazorian-Sierran alliance in the War of Contingency in 1865. With the demise of the United States, the continued influx of new immigrants, and the economic phenomenon of the, Brazoria quickly became one of the leading independent nations in North America.

Relaxed urban planning restrictions and low taxes, alongside a favourable central location on the continent, Brazoria became the literal centre of the many s which connected the east and west coasts. The railroads would allow for the better utilisation of the Republic's natural agricultural bounty, further amplifying the regional economic importance of the nation. By 1885, a shift from agriculture to industry became very pronounced, as shipping, shipbuilding, and other manufacturing became core sectors of the economy. This mass industralisation also brought along consequential uncontrolled monopolistic practices, and consequently, politics became entrenched in the hands of a small number of business elites. Many working class labourers in the country began banding into, which were initially repressed by the government, but after the Shipwright's Riot of 1889, the government was forced to end its outright opposition to any trade union, beginning the first stages of transition away from outright economic policies. The growing leftist spirit, combined with widespread corruption in the public body, instigated the growing to take the first leaps into the emerging political sensation of.

Later Gilded period
The rise of political discourse among working and middle class citizens culminated with the foundation of the Progressive Party in 1890. A large amount of pressure was put on the government through mass demonstrations in many cities throughout the country, some of which became affairs that would last for weeks at a time, most prominently the Big Summer Camp-out, which lasted for the entirety of the month of August in 1891. Bowing to massive social pressure, the government of Lawrence Ross passed the Great Reform Act of 1891, which extended to all citizens, limited political donations, and established the Commission for Oversight, the first national  agency. The sweeping reforms allowed for the Progressive Party to take power in the 1892 elections, lead by outspoken activist James Hogg. Only 14 seats in the Diet were not in the control of the Progressive; these largely conservative Members of the Diet formed the National Party and became their primary opposition.

James Hogg aggressively reformed most functionary offices and ministries of the government, and under his leadership, was virtually eliminated. Many disgraced officials were given harsh jail sentences and heavy fines in a fulfillment of the Progressives' primary promise of returning the government back to the working people of the country. Another key delivery of the Hogg administration was the creation of the Office for Fair Commerce and the breakdown of the rail, coal, and shipping monopolies which had developed during earlier governments. While at first there was a minor period of economic stagnation, the Gusher of 1901 turned this trend around, and the  that followed catapulted Brazoria into becoming the world's largest oil producer at the time, surpassing even the enormous. In 1906, James Hogg died in office, and his then-deputy, Charles Culberson, succeeded him as leader of the Progressive Party.

The prosperity brought by the oil rush was great, but the industry soon fell prey to consolidation in a collection of three major companies; the Humble Oil Company, the Gulf Standard Oil Company, and the Valpetrol Company. These companies would often buy out any well which had been struck by an independent, often times at values which appeared high to the purchasers, but which in reality were extremely under-value. This practice, alongside general leftist discontentment with the moderate steps taken by the Progressives, was key in motivating many socialists to demonstrate publicly and fervently for the nationalisation of large industries around the country. In reaction, the Progressive government began to distance itself from its more left-leaning policy proposals and actively campaign on a platform which disavowed any socialists in its party. In reaction to the Brazorian entrance into the in 1914, the various unions which had become more politically active organised formally into the Brazorian Association of Combined Labour Unions, the original predecessor to the modern Democratic Socialist Party.

Interwar period
Under William Hobby, the entrance into the First World War was swift, as that year it had been revealed by Brazorian agents in Mexico that the was courting Mexico's support under the premise of a reclamation of its lost territories across North America. These revelations of conspiracy motivated many Progressives to call for the support of the, and many German-speaking Brazorians and supporters of the National Party further instigated government action in support of its staunch ally, the United Kingdom. Consequently, many Brazorian soldiers were sent to fight in, a traumatic experience for many which over time shifted the national mood of support for the Entente to a general disapproval for the war and its original and unclear motivations. While domestic industry began to flourish after the end of the war, as a devastated Europe began importing large quantities of Brazorian goods, returning soldiers, the working class, and some more left-leaning members of the Progressives questioned the motives of the country's entrance into the war, leading to the replacement of Hobby with one of the first elected female leaders at the time, Miriam Ferguson.

The mass and high volume of exports which Brazoria experienced in the years following the end of the First World War only compounded the original strength of the economy which had been bolstered by the discovery of oil two decades earlier. Ferguson was wildly popular, and her political prowess, combined with a strong budget surplus, allowed for her to make significant improvements in the quality of state education, national pensions, and diminishing the percentage of people living in urban poverty. The decade was extremely prosperous for both the middle and upper classes of the country, and many people began to buy in to the in a means to solidfy their good fortune. The rapid rise of the popularity of this practice caused an eventual due to overspeculation in many areas of the economy, and when the bubble collapsed in 1929 on, the entire banking system collapsed as well due to a lack of any sufficient capital to cover the cost of the defaulting private loans. The Progressives began to introduce measures of regulation in the financial sector of the economy, but their inability to truly cope with the development of the cost them dearly in the First Red Hurricane of the 1932 elections, in which the newly-rebranded All-Union Syndicalist Party won a slim majority in the Diet. Thereafter, Wilbert Davidson became the first and only leader of the AUSP to serve as Chancellor.

Davidson immediately seized control of the major petroleum, shipbuilding, and rail companies in Brazoria and nationalised them as Brazorian National Petroleum, Brazorian National Shipyards, and Brazorian National Rail respectively. The assets of many upper level managers in these companies were also seized and used to establish the Brazorian National Development Trust, which immediately began paying out small pittances for people who had lost their money as a result of the bank failures and not due to private loans for what was essentially gambling on the stock market. These measures were not sufficient to curb the massive rise in unemployment and homelessness, and as a result the Civil Labour Programme was established in 1933 in an attempt to provide immediately relief to those most direly affected. As Brazoria continued to suffer from the dire economic situation, the drought of 1934 brought about the beginning of what became known as the, a massive desertification crisis of the once fertile  due to the overworking of the soil, causing rampant dust storms for the rest of the decade. A divide in the AUSP over what direction the government should take crippled the government, costing them heavily in the 1936 elections, when the Progressives, led by Allan Linz secured an overwhelming victory due to successful campaigning across the country.

The new Progressive government opted to maintain state control over the three AUSP-nationalised industries, which many viewed as becoming eventually profitable once the immediate crisis had been dealt with. Linz massively expanded the Civil Labour Programme to include new, public housing, and park building projects across the country, and many manufacturing complexes which had been closed were reopened through extensive government subsidisation. The CLP was a massive success in its construction of new railways, highways and parks across the country, and most notably, electric power was supplied for the first time to the majority of rural communities in the country. At the outbreak of the, the deals which were made with the  began to give material purpose for the restored manufacturing output of the country. The was only further expanded upon the entrance of Brazoria into the war in 1941. Brazoria retained the newly refurbished economy after the conclusion of the war, and its manufacturing capabilities were soon turned to rebuilding a devastated Europe for a second time.

Modern period
After the end of the Second World War, rising tensions between the and the democratic nations of  and  became a global phenomenon of confrontation. Movements seeking closer unity among Western nations in opposition to the soon became prominent in domestic politics, leading to Brazoria co-founding the  in 1949 and joining the Conference of American States in 1950. A sizable wave of protests within the country prevented it from directly entering into any military actions, and for the majority of the soft conflict, Brazoria would provide a predominantly and logistical role for its alliance. A general push towards more pacifistic foreign policy resulted in a political environment centered around expanding and entrenching radical social change in the country. The promise of instituting won the Progressives the 1952 elections, and in 1953, this yielded the foundation of the Bureau of Healthcare under the leadership of John Lindenburg.

Lindenburg, riding on the success of his fulfilled promise, used the social momentum of the time to launch a series of radical social and scientific changes which begun emerging in his time in office. He worked to eliminate discrimination against ethnic minorities for the first half of his rule, improving the economic, political, and social standings of African, Indigenous, and Hispanic Brazorians through the reorganisation of the educational service into the Bureau of Education, the expansion of projects, and the implementation of. Lindenburg also headed a movement to eliminate poverty, introducing a national programme and providing benefits for the unemployed and the disabled. In the later half of his Chancellorship, Lindenburg's focus shifted towards and the development of a national  to compete with the advances of the Soviet Union. In 1962, Lindenburg was able to finally institute the Brazorian Charter of Civil Rights, which constitutionally banned discrimination of any form. The Commission for Space Exploration was established out of a combination of the amateur societies and parts of the Air Force in 1964, and it was rapidly geared towards putting a Brazorian on the  surface, a goal which was eventually accomplished through the Artemis programme in 1970.

Increased government allocation of resources to social services gave way to a sharp rise in the number of immigrants entering the country from throughout the 1950s and 1960s. The rising number of new residents was met with a degree of reactionary, which, when combined with the soft of the time, saw the emergence of a revived conservative activism from the National Party. In the 1968 elections, the National Party won a majority in the Diet and put Dolph Briscoe into power as Chancellor. Briscoe, opting to leave the social policies of his predecessor unchanged, introduced a series of measures for the national petroleum, shipbuilding, and rail companies in 1969. Privitisation saw an immediate rise in private investment in those industries, and coupled with the end of the and increased national confidence, Brazoria experienced a period of intense economic expansion for most of the 1970s. However, due to the outbreak of the in 1979 and a subsequently steep decline in its petroleum exports, a  gripped the nation, and the quintupling of the price of crude oil resulted in the Great Gas Recession, mass protests against the Briscoe government, and the subsequent domination of the Progressives in the 1980 elections under Mark White.

Postmodern period
Chancellor Mark White re-established the national petroleum and rail companies under their contemporary corporate identities, Brazoco and Brazonara respectively. While measures were immediately taken to raise domestic production, White also instigated a series of major research and development investments in sources to avert total economic dependence on a single commodity. Oil prices stabilised within the next year, and the permanently raised price only benefited Brazoco, and in turn, increased the capabilities of the BNDT. Government funds were invested in non-petroleum industries, namely, s, and other firms, which, alongside  and  manufacturing, contributed to a heightened diversification of the economy and the end of its reliance on petroleum. The White government was largely credited with successfully steering Brazoria out of the crisis, and White remained in power until he stepped down before the 1992 elections in favour of his Deputy Chancellor, Dorothy Ann Richards.

A general trend towards in the 1990s, coupled with a rise in the use of s and the, saw significant developments in the field of computational technologies and a general rise in the value of tech development firms. Richards' government authorised the investment of several hundreds of millions of dollars in Brazos Instruments and Digsys, and the national educational system was reformed massively as well, with and other technical fields receiving a great deal of importance in the new national curriculum. Futhermore, Richards increased national endowments to many across the country, allowing for a drop in tuition fees and a large spike in the number of degree holding citizens, from 41% in 1990 to 52% by 2000. While Richards was highly popular, the substantial increases in government spending resulted in budget deficits for the first time in Brazorian history in 1999 and again in 2000.

On 11 September 2001, a series of coordinated attacks were staged across the Conference of American States, with attacks in Brazoria causing 112 casualties in the capital, Austin, and 1,314 casualties in the largest city, Houston. Swift government intervention in rescue efforts saw public approval stand in favour of the Richards government, but after investigations revealed that foreign groups had coordinated the attacks and the government remained hesitant at the idea of direct confrontation, public support began to shift in favour of the more  National Party. Perceived national inaction coupled with the effects of the caused the Progressives to lose the 2004 elections to the Nationals under James Perry, whose government quickly and very publicly announced Brazoria's participation in the  alongside its CAS allies.

A major touchstone of the Perry government was its reformation of the Brazorian Armed Forces to better fit the emerging idea of the, which developed out of increasing participation in allied deployments around the world. The Army, and to a lesser extent the Navy, were cut in size and cost, while spending was increased on the Air Force, the Rangers, and the Strategic Forces. Perry also emphasized the role of and the increased spending of domestic efforts through an array of systems, most notably through new methods of  and  security. Despite consistent public support throughout most of his administration, the onset of the in 2007 galvanised the nation, and support for formerly fringe political beliefs began to gain considerable ground. This was especially predominant in the renewed rise of the Democratic Socialist Party, which won double its previous number of seats in the 2008 elections in a movement known as the Second Red Hurricane. For the first time in Brazorian history, no single party had won a majority in the Diet, and so with the conclusion of the elections, a coalition government, known as the Pact of the Left, was formed between the Progressives and the Democratic Socialists, with Eva Delaney as Chancellor and Robert Whitmore as Deputy Chancellor.

Contemporary period
The Delaney government immediately implemented a series of controls over the domestic, cracking down especially hard on and  companies, and the government also raised the  substantially. These factors contributed to the outbreak of a in the nation, which the government responded to by detaining any financier whose excessively risky investments was directly linked to the  which caused the crisis. In total, over $1.2 billion worth of assets were seized around the country, with the most of the money being placed into the BNDT. In response to claims that and wage stagnation caused many middle class Brazorians to take on excessive amounts of debt, the government raised the minimum wage from $8.50 an hour in 2007 to $10 an hour by 2011. Furthermore, taxes were raised on the wealthiest brackets in the country, with the top rate shifting from 45% in 2007 to 55% by 2011. These subtle changes saw a moderate amount of success throughout the country, and by the time of the 2012 elections, the effects were measurable enough that the Pact of the Left maintained a government for a second term.

The Delaney government, in its second term, focused on expanding the existing in an effort to eradicate the widespread poverty which was emerging in some immigrant communities throughout the country. New, nationally funded s were constructed in multiple major cities, and national funding for localised networks was nearly tripled. From 2012 until 2015, the government ran a budget deficit with its massively increased public spending, with some of the more expensive aspects of the spending effort being a substantial rise in funding for facilities around the country and a major hike in the rate of spending on the Commission for Space Exploration. The Delaney government was also responsible for an increasing in spending on the Office for Foreign Aid and Development, which greatly expanded its efforts in the more conflicted regions of the mid-2010s.

In early 2018, it was revealed that Delaney had been using the logistics of the Office for Foreign Aid and Development to distribute armaments and weapons to rebellious democratic movements in the and the, with the expenses being laundered through the BNDT. As a result, Delaney became the first Chancellor in history to resign and subsequently to face arrest. Her Deputy Chancellor, Robert Whitmore, leader of the Democratic Socialists, became the first Chancellor of that party to hold office. When Whitmore and high ranking members of the Progressive Party failed to come to a conclusion over the possibility of Whitmore stepping down to allow a new Progressive Chancellor to take office, President Charles Valdes indicated his intention to dissolve the Diet later that year, in what would become the first in Brazorian history.

Politics
Brazoria is a  with a. The contemporary system of government employed in Brazoria was established through the Constitution of 1848. In the Brazorian system, the Diet is the  of the country. The Chancellor is the national, and they are elected within the Diet at the beginning of each four year term. The President officially appoints the Chancellor, and the Council of Ministers are also appointed by the President on the advice of the new Chancellor. Laws originate as bills within the Diet, and upon the acquisition of presidential approval, are then enforced by the Government.

Government
The President is the official of Brazoria and is a largely ceremonial position. The President is elected through the National Convention, which is made up of the Members of the Diet and delegates from the Provinces, with the total number of delegates matching the total number of Members of the Diet and each province receiving a share equal to their proportion of the national population as defined in the census. The provincial delegates are appointed by the provincial government. The National Convention is held every ten years, and the current President, Charles Valdes, was elected in the 17th National Convention, which was held in 2010. In official order of precedence, the next highest official after the President is the Speaker of the Diet, who is elected alongside the President during the National Convention. Both the President and the Speaker are required to not hold any official political affiliation and remained s for the entirety of their term in office.

The Chancellor is the official and exercises  within the government as the leader of the Council of Ministers. The Chancellor is a Member of the Diet who has been appointed by the President upon the advice of the Diet, meaning that the leader of the largest party or coalition of parties within the Diet is typically appointed as Chancellor. The Chancellor nominates members of the Council of Ministers, and upon approval from the Diet, they are then officially appointed into their positions by the President. The Chancellor and the Council are responsible for the administration of all government ministries and their subsidiary offices and services. Decisions can be made internally within the Council which can directly effect and direct existing government ministries to perform any specific role. The Diet must necessarily vote on the creation of any new ministry, but otherwise, executive power rests largely within the hands of the Council. It is only in the creation of foreign treaties or in declarations of war that a vote of the Diet is necessary to legitimate an action.

The Diet is the unicameral of Brazoria. It is composed of 250 members, each elected within a Diet constituency through a method. Elections for the Diet take place every four years, though this is done merely out of precedence, as the President can nominally dissolve the Diet at their own behest. The Government and its executive functions are technically derivative of, and therefore, inferior to the power of the Diet, but in practice, as the Government is typically made up of a majority party within the Diet, the Diet is more of a law-making body than it is an administrative organ. The Diet, however, has the power to create its own agencies, known as commissions, for purposes which are better suited to non-partisan direction, such as the Commission for Space Exploration, the national, and the Commission for Oversight, the national. The Diet, unlike many other sovereign parliaments, does not have the power of, as only the President can appoint and dismiss the Chancellor and Ministers.

The Supreme Court is the of Brazoria. It is composed of five member judges, known as Justices, with the most senior member of the Supreme Court known as the President Justice. The Justices are selected and appointed by the President; the only case where the President acts entirely upon their own accord without precedent for otherwise. Members of the Supreme Court serve lifetime appointments, though they can choose to voluntarily resign from their position. The Supreme Court is the highest court of appeal in the country, and it is also responsible for the function of, given that any specific case relating to a law enacted by the Diet was challenged by a private citizen. The doctrine of  applies to the Supreme Court; the decisions which the Supreme Court makes are constitutionally-binding, and the only way a Supreme Court decision can be overturned is through an to the constitution or through a subsequent later trial relating in some way to the previously made decision.

Law and justice
The Brazorian justice system is a legal system. is the framework through which and  cases are decided. Courts are organised at their most basic level through the provinces, with each province locally responsible for the organisation of its courts into provincial circuits, which correspond with the boundaries of police precincts. Rural provinces often extend the boundaries of their circuit courts to a much greater degree than more urban provinces. Circuit courts handle the vast majority of cases within the country, and only a fraction of cases are ever appealed to the first level of, the provincial courts. Decisions made the provincial courts set precedents within the jurisdiction of a province, and subsequently, the National Police Service fundamentally organise policemen at a provincial level. Cases in provincial courts can be appealed to the national circuit courts, of which there are seven in the country. The national circuits predominantly serve as an intermediary for the Supreme Court, which is the highest court of the appeal in the nation. Decisions made at the level of the Supreme Court are constitutionally binding, and so the national circuit courts play a vital role in deciding which cases ought to advance to the Supreme Court, which has a highly selective process of legal review.

The National Police Service is the national service. It is a service of the Ministry of Justice, and as such, its head administrator, the National Marshal, is appointed by the Minister of Justice upon the advice of the Chancellor. The National Police are organised by provincial boundaries; the local precincts of the service reflect the provincial circuit courts and are headed by Sheriffs, while the entirety of a provincial unit of policemen is headed and administered by Marshals. Sheriffs and Marshals retain special powers of jurisdiction which do not apply to regular police officers, and both positions are appointed by the National Marshal. The National Penitentiary and Correctional Service, also a subsidiary service of the Ministry of Justice, is responsible for the management of correctional facilities in the country.

Administrative subdivisions
Brazoria is divided into 23 provinces. As Brazoria operates under a unitary system, most provinces do not perform any administrative functions of their own aside from their legal systems. Some provinces, however, maintain special privileges due to their linguistic and demographic compositions, known collectively as Special Provinces; these are the two Autonomous Provinces of Llano and Magdalen and the nine Metropolitan Provinces of Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Denver, East Albuquerque, El Paso, Houston, Oklahoma, San Antonio, and Valle de Palmas. The Special Provinces retain control over certain aspects of education, healthcare, public safety, and, for the Metropolitan Provinces, transportation.

Diplomacy and defence
Brazoria has a network of 227 diplomatic missions abroad and maintains relations with more than 190 countries. Brazoria is a member of the, the League of Nations, the , the , the , the , and an observer of the. Brazoria maintains a "Special Relationship" with the, the former's closest and oldest ally. Both countries maintain a system of freedom of movement, freedom of trade, defense intelligence, and political alignment, with Brazoria joining the United states in many of its foreign endeavors. Brazoria also maintains a strong relationship with Sierra, with which it shares an open border and free trade agreement. Other important allies of Brazoria include, , , and.

The Armed Forces of Brazoria are the collective branches of the military service of the country who act to protect the people and the government from attacks by threats from foreign nations. The Armed Forces are divided into three branches and two special services; the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy are the branches, while the Brazorian Rangers and the Brazorian Militia are the special services. The Armed Forces employ a total of 205,157 active service members, with 130,050 in the Army, 55,050 in the Air Force, 15,050 in the Navy, and 5,007 in the Rangers. Alongside these active service members, there are an additional 246,178 registered members of the Militia, who would be immediately authorized to join active combat duty roles in the event of a direct foreign invasion. Alongside these registered members of the Armed Forces, up to forty-two percent of the civilian population of Brazoria own personal firearms which they would be willing to take up in the event that the nation as a whole was threatened.

Economy
The Economy of Brazoria is the 10th largest economy in the world, with a diverse market structure created by a strong economic history. The national economy is made up mostly of a mixture of and  sectors, with  and  representing a large part of the economic output of the country. Small businesses which produce goods also represent a large part of the economy in urban areas, contributing to the economic diversity of the country as a whole. Although no longer the largest part of the economy, economic activities such as, , , , and  represent major cultural and base economic significance. The official currency of Brazoria is the Brazorian dollar, which is pegged in value to the. Brazoria has a high standard of living and a moderate cost of living, with housing, goods, land, and other items being relatively cheap in comparison to most other developed economies. The largest industries by contribution to the GDP are, , , , , , and various forms of goods manufacturing.

Energy
Brazoria is a world leader in the refinement of, with the being the largest concentration of petroleum industry companies and related products in the world. Oil represents a major cultural and financial figure for Brazoria, as ever since the Spindletop boom of the early twentieth-century, the nation has been heavily associated by other countries as the capital of the oil, petroleum, and petrochemical industries in North America and even across the globe. While petroleum itself represents less than 1% of energy generation in the country, its byproducts are important everyday commodities for the people of the country. remains the largest single source of automobile fuel in the country, although through heavy government initiatives, the percentage of cars that run on has increased to represent almost 40% since the beginning of the initiative in 2004.

The largest production source in terms of electrical energy is, which produces nearly 60% of energy in the country. In terms of economic composition, natural gas has recently undergone a boom in production that was largely set into motion through government initiatives in 1997 aimed at increasing the use of natural gas and renewable resources instead of coal sources. Since then, natural gas has nearly completely replaced coal along with and  power, with natural gas making up about 60% of the nation's energy supply, solar and wind making up 35%, and coal making up the remaining 5%. By as early as 2025, the government of the country hopes to have coal be removed entirely from the production of power in the country and have the majority of energy be produced by solar and wind alternatives.

Transportation
Brazoria has over 1.057 million miles of paved roadway, making it the third highest developed country in terms of per capita public roadway to population size in the world. In terms of public highways, three classifications of networks exist: the Federal Expressways, the Federal Highways, and the IC Roads. The Federal Expressways are the largest, most well-maintained road networks in Brazoria, and the majority of these roads lack a speed limit. The Federal Expressways largely exist to connect major cities to one another, and they are integral pieces to the larger North American international highway network. The Federal Highway system is much larger in terms of mileage than the Expressways, although the Highways are not direct, inter-city connections. Instead, the Federal Highways are speed limited, and exist to connect towns across the nation with other populated areas and the larger Expressways. The Inter-Canton Roads, or simply IC Roads, are less highway-like than the two preceding categories of roadways, and these roadway networks are the result of a federal takeover of the older s which were previously administered by the individual provinces. Most other public road networks across Brazoria are managed directly by the canton governments, with many provinces holding eligibility for federal funding to road networks in terms of the s allocated to provinces for local infrastructure development.

There is a total of 19,794 miles of railway in Brazoria, down from a peak of over 25 thousands miles in the 1940s. Although there have been several federal initiatives to rebuild the national rail network with the beginning of mainstream, these moves have been seen has highly inefficient and very costly, leading to their unpopularity with the general public. The physical rail tracks of Brazoria are managed by the state-sanctioned Federal Rail monopoly, while the actual operations of the railways are managed entirely by private companies. Very few passengers use rail transportation, and the system exists almost entirely for use by freight carriers. There are approximately two thousand public airports in Brazoria, of which thirty-two are given commercial primary designation. About a third of all airports in the country have paved runways. Over 25 million people annually travel in Brazorian airports, and the vast majority of these passengers travel through the five largest airports in the country, of which two are based in Dallas, two in Houston, and one in Austin. Two major airlines are based in Brazoria, those being BZC Air and Old Western Airlines.

Science and technology
Brazoria has an extensive network of publicly funded university and college campuses, namely through the Brazorian University System, with the flagship campus located in the capital, at the University of Austin. Education and research is one of the largest expenses as a percentage of the federal government's total expenditures, and more than $20 billion is allocated annually to scientific research and development grants for private individuals and organizations. As a result of extensive government incentive and support, many technology companies have campuses on various s located across Brazoria. Prominent technology firms headquartered in Brazoria include, , and The  is the large agglomeration of medical care and research facilities in the world, with many patients from across North America and even the world at large taking up residence in the city for the duration of their illness or injury.

The most prominent feature of the scientific community of Brazoria is the emphasis on outer space research, especially so in the fields of and. The Federal Outer Space Exploration Service is one of the most advanced governmental space exploration programs in the world, with more than $26 billion annually granted to the program by the federal government. As governmental spending on FOSES is the largest in the world, the capabilities of the program are representative of its heavy funding. Konstanz Space Center in Houston is the flagship complex of the program, with other important locations including Gruber Space Center on Mustang Island outside Corpus Christi and Duenes Space Center outside. Major ongoing programs of FOSES include the Nyx III program, a study of and other bodies in the, the Hemera II program, an extensive stellar observatory initiative, and the Concordia program, a study of  and the development of a system to land the first humans on the planet. FOSES is an active participant in the, and cooperation with foreign space agencies is heavily encouraged and supported by the federal government.

Demographics
A census is held every ten years in Brazoria, and as of 2010, there was a designated population of 33,124,522 people. As of 2015, there are an estimated 33,465,561 people living in the country, making Brazoria the 39th largest nation in the world by terms of population. More than six percent of the population is estimated to consist of undocumented immigrants, the vast majority of which come from Mexico. This is one of the highest percentages in the Conference of American States, and continues to be a pressing topic of domestic federal government. Nonetheless, under amnesty programs implemented by more recent governments, immigration continues to contribute to a large portion of the nation's growth rate. Brazoria has a relatively low population density of 72.74 people per square mile, and despite a plentitude of land, the over three quarters of the country's population resides in the ten largest urban areas.

In terms of ethnic composition, about 58% of the population consists of White Brazorians, with the two largest ethnic groups making up the majority being and. British and German Brazorians make up 49% of the total population, with the remaining 9% composed of a mixture of immigrants of Czech, French, Italian, Polish, and Russian heritage. The second largest ethnic group of Brazoria are the Hispanic Brazorians, who constitute around 27% of the population. Hispanic Brazorians are mostly s at 26% of the total national population, with the remaining 1% made up of various smaller national groups. Hispanic Brazorians are the fastest growing ethnic group in Brazoria, and by 2050 it is estimated that they will represent over a third of the total population, creating a in the country. The s are the third largest ethnic division at 8% of the population, and they are the descendants of native inhabitants of the North American continent, and various smaller tribal distinctions exist within the larger definition. The vast majority of Native Brazorians reside in the provinces of Gila and Osage, in the western and northeastern extremities of the country respectively. are the descendants of former runaway slaves and later black immigrants from the east, and they are the fourth largest distinct ethnic group in Brazoria at 6% of the total population. The remaining 1% of the total population is made up of a mixture of East Asian, South Asian, Middle Eastern, and African immigrant groups.

Language
Brazoria is an officially country, with three mother tongues predominant across the nation; those being, , and. While English is not officially recognized as any higher than the other two, it is the most commonly used across the country, with more than 86% of the population reporting fluency in the language. Of the remaining 14% of the population not fluent in English, Spanish makes up the nearly majority of those who are unable to communicate fluently in English, and only a fractional percentage of German speakers record non-fluency in English. In public education, students are required to take at least five years worth of all three official languages, and after that, at least two languages must be taken for every year in school, with most students choosing to take English and Spanish classes. Around 64% of the population records bilingual fluency in any two of the official languages, and only a further 21% records trilingual fluency. English is used in the governments of 15 provinces, with only two provinces opting for Spanish before English. Less than 2% of the population communicates in a mother tongue other than English, German, or Spanish. The federal government of Brazoria is required by law to be able to operate in all three official languages of the country, though most public officials communicate primarily in English.

Religion
The Brazorian federal government maintains an official policy of which is held as universal throughout the entire country, meaning that, alongside the federal government, no individual province or any associated organization endorsed by the Brazorian government in a manner of law can establish a religion or discriminate based upon the person's practicing religion. However, there is an exemption in the federal government made towards the status of any organizations posing as religious institutions, which, in actuality, function in the manner of a cult insofar as they deprive emotionally unstable individuals of their freedom unwillingly. Hence, while no religion is specifically banned, any organization classified by the federal government as a cult is banned from public practice or promotion and does not receive federal tax breaks. Only three currently practiced belief systems are classified as cults:, , and Baahgulism.

The majority of the Brazorian population practices, with Catholics representing around 71% of the population. The heavily Catholic population is a result of the historical immigration of Catholics to the country, with Brazoria's percentage of Catholics being the highest among the nations of North America. The next largest religious group are the various denominations, which collectively represent about 17% of the population. Of the Protestant denominations,, , and are the most prevalent denominations, with each group historically tied to a specific collection of ethnic groups which migrated to Brazoria over a large period of time. The designation of Irreligious is reported by about 11% of the population, which includes, among that category, the identification of "",, and. The remaining 1% of the population is classified as other, with that being a collection of various belief systems which are tied to specific communities across the country; this category includes, , Canaanism, and different eastern religions.

Welfare
Brazoria maintains a large system comparable to most other developed s around the world. Alongside Canada, the Brazorian social service system is one of the most extensive in terms of coverage in North America, and although elements of a capitalist system are built into its framework, the Brazorian welfare system has largely been developed under a program more akin to a socialist system of operation. The Brazorian system includes, , , s, food and housing assistance, and sanitation and water management. Unlike most other North American countries, Brazoria has a strong history of social services entrenched into the cultural impacts of its constituent citizens. The concepts of a strong hand in helping the disadvantaged citizens of the nation comes from the strong national sense of solidarity despite social class, within which economic needs are placed second to humanitarian needs. This system comes from the strong influences of German and Mexican familial bonds created by decades of heavy immigration from both groups, and it is a persisting feature of the distinctly Brazorian.

Education
In the Brazorian federal system, the administration of universal educational programs is a responsibility of the provincial governments, although national standards are set for what material is required to be taught, and federal grants are given to the provinces in order to insure equality among the quality of education provided in accordance with the federal policy of. About 38% of the population of Brazoria holds any form of, one of the highest percentages in the world.

Among the provinces, there are two primary systems of education utilised. In more densely populated urban provinces, the system is used, in which the school district is a separate government entity from any local level of government within the province, and the school district is responsible for setting a level of local property taxes to support themselves. Independent school districts are common among urban provinces because of their flexibility in terms of administration and non-dependence on city government, as the independence of school taxes means that city or county officials are never required to cut funding for schools in order to provide other essential services. The independent school district system is used in seven of the 17 provinces, although it represents approximately three quarters of the population of the country. The second system utilized in Brazoria is the, in which both and  schools are operated at county levels alongside the local county government. The unified school district system is employed in rural areas, as the local governments of counties in rural areas is not as often pressed for financial support as urban governments can be. Often times, in counties were the population is especially sparse, multiple counties might make up a single unified school district.

While education is only mandatory by a federal standard at both elementary and high school levels, a large percentage of the population prefers to continue onwards to higher education. There are 201 federally accredited institutions of higher learning in Brazoria, with some of the most prominent public schools of those including the University of Austin, University of Lubbock, National Agricultural and Mechanical University, and the University of Oklahoma. Important private universities include, , and.

Healthcare
Brazoria is one of the world's largest centers of private medical research, and this is complimented by a program which is mandated by the federal government and administered by the provinces. Unlike most other countries with universal healthcare, no government institution pays directly for medical centers, their staff, or their equipment. Instead, medical institutions are privately owned and managed, in order to foster competition and a high quality standard of care for patients. In turn, the federal government manages the Federal Health Insurance Service, or FHIS, in order to pay these private health companies for their provision of service to the public. Each individual province manages their own programs of payment to the healthcare industry, and in turn, the government allocates funding for the FHIS system according to how much a province owes in payments to health service providers. The FHIS system is paid for through federal taxes, and there is rarely a personal cost to healthcare provision depending on the level of care required by a patient. The Brazorian system is well ranked among the world, with the giving it 23rd place in terms of efficiency among the world. Prominent private health care institutions in Brazoria include, , and.

Subsidies
In Brazoria, there is a comprehensive program of federally backed social security through the Federal Accommodation Insurance Service, or FAIS. Through the FAIS system, the federal government manages all pensions for the elderly and subsidies for the unemployed, disabled, homeless, and impoverished. Like the sister program FHIS, FAIS is instituted through a system of general federal taxation, in which the funds are then redistributed for administration by the individual provinces according to how much each province needs in support. The disastrous effects that the and the  had upon the Brazorian economy made the FAIS system a necessity during its implementation in the late 1930s. Originally, the system was employed through a means of general monthly payments and tax breaks made to persons who required assistance in living, but gradually, after multiple reforms in 1962, 1981, and 1994, the FAIS program became a monthly series of payments which are administered through provincial government officials and regulated and monitored in a way that protects the security of the program by preventing exploitation. The most controversial portion of the FAIS program is its assistance of the unemployed, which many fiscally conservative political groups in the country lambast as outright government intervention in the economy.

Culture
Brazoria is a society with a rich historical approach to the idea of a. Since the beginnings of mass influxes of German immigrants in the 1870s and Latin Americans in the 1910s, the country has been on a radically shifting cultural path than most other Anglo-American nations. Ultimately, by the beginning of the movements of the 1960s, the Brazorian national identity became a mixture of the three most prominent cultural groups in the country, with the British, German, and Hispanic influences on the country intermingling into common traditions shared by all. Brazoria has a philosophical tradition stemming from earlier American ideas of and, which were further expanded upon by German  immigrant-thinkers, resulting in the common beliefs of freedom, civic responsibility, and brotherhood by the middle of the 20th century. This was further drawn upon as Hispanic Brazorians became more prominent in the 1960s, with the ideas of family and common identity creating a uniquely Brazorian outlook of American philosophy. The reflection of commonality in thought upon the tangible culture of Brazoria is profound, with the idea of mixing practices prominent in most material forms of national culture, such as food, holidays, music, and literature.

Aesthetics
The Brazorian artistic tradition is derived from the overall Western tradition of visual arts, with the first wholly Brazorian realizations of stylistic movements beginning with the movement of the late 19th century. The San Antonio School was the most representative group of impressionism in Brazoria, and its constituent artists are regarded as some of the greatest in the country's history. Brazoria, however, shifted away from embracing, developing its own artistic path due to differences in the urban societies of the two countries, and instead, followed upon the movement as a successor to impressionism, with a gradual expansion of the Fauvist idea in the San Marcos School. The San Marcos School retained relevance in its later period by shifting to in the later part of the 1920s, a relevance which would largely fade after the embrace of the  and  movements in the 1950s. After the end of the Dallas School in the early 1970s, Brazorian art has transitioned from singular prominent artistic movements to a conflux of movements, though  has remained a prominent feature of art to the contemporary day.

In architecture, Brazoria has a diverse range of movements which, as opposed to visual art, have largely followed American styles in prominence over time. and were the most prominent movements in the early history of the country, and these were followed by a trend in  which would last into the 1910s. After these movements, early principles became more prominent around the country, and, as a substrate of modernism,  flourished in the wealth of the 1920s and lasted into middle of the 1950s. The began to take hold in the country in the 1960s, but more prominent was the impact of the  style upon skylines with its mainstream adoption in the late 1970s. Since the late 1990s and early 2000s, has become the most prominent architectural movement in the country.

Brazorian fashion generally follows the trends of Western fashion, and otherwise, is considered to be, on a whole, largely casual and highly informal. As the country maintains a high standard of living and a highly urban society, is by far the most common and influential form of stylistic impression upon contemporary Brazorian fashion, with foreign retailers such as, , , and  being the largest, and most influential, companies in the mainstream Brazorian fashion industry. While casual fashions are largely influenced by foreign fast fashion retailers, there are a number of Brazorian designers, such as  and, who have become internationally famous for their designs.

Cuisine
The most prominent display of the Brazorian culture is in its food. Brazorian cuisine is largely representative of the immigrant groups which made up the country, and relies heavily upon local sources of food for most of its composition. Akin to most other Western countries, is the most widely consumed grained, but since the 1960s,  has become almost as equally as popular due to its usage by Hispanic cultures. and are the most important sources of meat, with Brazoria being internationally famous for its large ranches which cover a great deal of the western provincs of the country. The Brazorian is derived from the prominence that beef played in the nation's history, making the meat one of the most important part of the Brazorian diet.

Characteristic dishes in the country are derived from the cultural mixture of the most prominent immigrant groups, with and  derived from the Germans, s and s derived from the Hispanics, and  derived from the British. These five forms of food are by far the most commonly consumed dishes in the country on a daily basis, with a great deal of emphasis placed on and  adopted from the Hispanic tradition. , a dish with a great deal of significance in Brazoria, is typically added to most casual meals, though it is not as common in formal settings. Other important additions to dishes include and, both from the Hispanic cultural group. The most common beverage in Brazoria is, which is widely popular throughout the country and stems from a necessity of clean liquids to drink in the colonial era. Non-alcoholic is also important to the country, with the most popular brands including  and. Brazorians drink four times more often than.

Stemming from an infusion of the British and Hispanic traditions, the most important meal of the day in Brazoria is, eaten in the middle of the day. and are lighter than the large lunchtime meals that are consumed in the country. This stems from the colonial agricultural idea that lunch allowed for recuperation from work in the morning and supplied energy for work in the afternoon. As the nation became more developed, however, the idea of lunch as the most important social time of the day became popular. Before the advent of, the was a highly popular action undertaken following these large lunches, though it has now become far less common since climate control has largely allowed for aversion from the intense afternoon heat of the sun.

Holidays and sport
In Brazoria, cultural celebrations are held often through the course of a year, with specific times of the year being dedicated to the celebration of a particular holiday. The vast majority of Brazorian holidays come from the traditions of the country. In chronological order, and  are both celebrated at the very end of the preceding year and the beginning of the new year as a festival associated with recollection of the past and looking forward to the future. Constitution Day is celebrated on February 2nd, and, a largely private celebration of love, is held on February 14th. The next celebratory season of the year is, a large celebration of individualism and hedonism before the more sanctified and holy season of. , at the end of Lent, is a celebration of the resurrection of, and is the end of the first religious season of the country. is celebrated on March 2nd, and it is the largest celebration associated with the nation's secular history, and, celebrated on April 21st, is considered to be a public memorial day of those who died fighting for freedom under the auspices of the Brazorian government in any war throughout the nation's history. , a celebration of Hispanic heritage, is held on May 5th, and, a celebration of workers, is held on the first monday in September. , a two-week long celebration of German heritage, begins on the third saturday in September, and is one of the more famous holidays of Brazoria for its s and beer halls. The is celebrated on October 31st, a large street festival held in memory of the departed, and the celebration has completely eclipsed the more American  in terms of celebration. is held on the fourth thursday in November, and is a celebration of family and common North American heritage. begins the season of four sundays prior to the day which celebrates the birth of, and the holiday, along with following , is one of the most widely celebrated holidays in the country.

is the most popular sport in the country, followed by, , and. The Brazorian Football Association is the largest of its kind in North America, with 18 participating teams in the First League drawing in the largest number of spectators to any association football games in the English-speaking part of the continent. The Brazorian men's national team has consistently placed highly in the and has won the  in 1991, 1996, 2005, and 2007. In basketball, Brazoria is a part of the larger, with five teams in the pan-American organization. Brazoria has two teams in the and the.