The Brazerian Armed Forces was the unified military force tasked with the defense of the Republic of Brazeria. Descended from the hardy insurgent forces that gained Brazeria its independence in the decades preceding the Pendulum Wars, the Brazerians have always placed emphasis on the importance of maintaining a large, national military, similar to the Tyran beliefs of the military. Despite having fought several border conflicts with its aggressive neighbors, the Brazerian military wasn't exposed to all-out war until the outbreak of the Pendulum Wars in 79 B.E., when Brazeria joined the fascist Union of Independent Republics to combat the forces of the socialist Coalition of Ordered Governments.