The typical division of branches is into a legislature, an executive, and a judiciary. It can be contrasted with the fusion of powers in a parliamentary system where the executive and legislature (and sometimes parts of the judiciary) are unified.
Alabama is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird. Alabama is also known as the Heart of Dixie and the Cotton State. The state tree is the longleaf pine, and the state flower is the camellia.
Alabama, like some other parts of the country, is in a state of demographic, socioeconomic, and cultural transition, especially in its more urban areas. I'm from a town called Athens on the northern border of the state, and our slogan is City of Tradition and Future..