Name - Meritocratic Brahman Republic (MBR)
Location - Slightly to the West of Nai Kolkata. Occupies most of the space between Nai Kolkata and body of water in the western half of the safe-zone, although there is some space between it and the water. Almost directly borders Nai Kolkata. The MBR is famous for its sprawling cities, the largest of which - Praudyogi - serves as their capital.
Leader(s) - Chief Executive Grzegorzy Krylowov
History - The MBR was one of the first nations to be founded on Brahma, by a Canadian man – one of the people that narrowly escaped the Listeners – Marcus Campbell. Marcus was, before the Listeners came, an advisor to the IU’s de jure leadership and a high-ranking officer in their scientific arm. When he came to Brahma, he had come to believe that it would have been possible to defeat the listeners had only humanity been sufficiently advanced. Marcus believed that science held the key to another, more lasting golden age for humanity, and saw Brahma as a new start for the human race.
Despite obvious tension between humans and the Tkrai, Marcus openly encouraged friendly relations between the two species, saying that humans could develop even more advanced technologies should they accept the Tkrai. In essence, he espoused the idea that the different ways of thinking another species has would allow for technologies to be developed that humans would glance over, and vice-versa. Working together was something Marcus believed could accelerate the scientific progress of the two species by immense amounts. And, although his message was not initially well-received, both Tkrai and human colonists eventually flocked to his leadership in droves, hoping that he could deliver where their prior situations could not.
And, being the honest man he was, Marcus did his best to deliver. Being that he encouraged the use of science and technology whenever possible, Marcus was lucky in that scientists, engineers, and other skilled professionals were easily able to find work with him. Because of the simple fact that such skilled professionals were in short supply, Marcus’s encouragement certainly had paid off.
Considering his highly ranked position and his many supporters, both corporations and individuals, Marcus had no shortage of funds with which to found the MBR, although he certainly had few allies in religious and traditionalist communities. The MBR was initially founded in tracts of open land to the west/southwest of Nai Kolkata, although they still possess mining outposts in nearby mountains, and oftentimes mine from asteroids whenever possible. In order to compensate for labour shortages, the MBR began to utilize robots under their leader’s encouragement, even producing enough robots that their military had much fewer numbers of human soldiers than other fledgling nations. AI eventually came to see use as administrators, advisors, and occasionally military officers, some so advanced that they live lives much alike any other MBR citizen. Due to the paranoia of MBR leadership, though, humans still fill the most important roles, oftentimes serve as soldiers or labourers, and the AI/robots are equipped with built-in failsafes to prevent uprising or hacking.
After Marcus's death, the MBR quickly instituted a meritocratic system of leadership, and elected a man named Grzegorzy Krylowov to the position of their de jure leader. Grzegorzy obtained this position thanks to his extensive knowledge in business, law, and political science.