Military of Selengeria

The Imperial Armed Forces of Selengeria, often referred to as the Selengerian Armed Forces or SAF, are the armed wing of the ruling National Front party and the military services responsible for the defence of Selengeria. The SAF have four major service branches: the Imperial Army, the Imperial Navy, Imperial Air Force and Patriotic Defence Corps. The SAF is among the largest armed forces in the world and possesses a comparatively generous budget.

In times of national emergency, the (350,000 active) fall under the command of the Selengerian Armed Forces. The Imperial Guard are the private security forces of the Emperor and are tasked with protecting the Imperial Family and their properties across Selengeria.

=History= =Mission= The Selengerian Armed Forces primary mission is the defence of Selengeria's territory and maintenance of the Selengerian state's sovereignty. The primary threat to these is deemed to be the League of Three Headed Dragons, an alliance consisting of Akiteiwa,  Kodeshia and  Hwangchu. In the event of an invasion by this alliance, the Selengerian Armed Forces' are tasked with preventing military defeat long enough for the other members of the North South Concordant to arrive with reinforcements. After this happens, the Selengerian Armed Forces are tasked with forming the backbone of the NSC counter-attack. =Personnel= The Selengerian Armed Forces are based upon universal male. All men are obliged to serve a period of 3, 9 or 12 months upon in the year during which they turn 18, although exemptions can be granted for a variety of reasons. In practice, accounting for exemptions, about 60% of Selengerian men complete their period of service and enter into the reserves. Selengeria calls up conscripts four times a year, in March, June, September and December.

The basic period of service which the majority of Selengerian men undertake is 3 months, during this time completing basic training and specialisation training before being entered into a reserve unit. The extended period of 9 months is served by a part of each year's intake in order to man the readiness formations whose role would be to delay an enemy offensive long enough to allow mobilisation to be complete. In general, it is preferred if the conscripts assigned to 9 month terms of service have volunteered for this extended length. However, if there are insufficient volunteers from among the annual intake, those conscripts deemed best suited to the readiness units needs will be assigned the longer term of service. Once they have served their 9 months, most will enter directly into reserve units. The 12 month service is used for conscripts in technical trades, such as the air defence forces, or for conscripts who served 9 months and have been recommended as officers or NCOs. These conscripts will undergo a 3 month leadership training course at the end of which, the top 1/3 will be graduated as reserve officers and the 2/3 graduated as NCOs will be distributed between reserve NCO billets based on their performance. Once in reserve units, conscripts aged 19-23 are expected to be prepared to undertake 2 weeks of refresher training each year. From 24-29, this commitment is reduced to 2 weeks every 18 months.

When they reach the age of 30, men who were undertook military training are transferred into the. Whilst there is an official requirement for units of the to undertake 5 days of refresher training for their members every 3 years, whether this actually happens often depends greatly on the unit and available budget. At 45, they are removed from the reserve roster.

On paper, the Selengerian Armed Forces have 13,635,000 reservists and the Patriotic Defence Corps holds a further 18,127,000 men. However, the number of these men who would be mobilised should a war break out is almost certainly much lower.

Selengeria and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Selengeria maintains stocks of chemical and biological weapons. These are intended for both tactical use and as an offset against Akiteiwa and Kodeshia's nuclear capabilities.

=Army= During the Great Kesh War, the Imperial Army reached a peak strength of 5.5m men, organised in 144 divisions. In the aftermath of the war during the 60s and early 70s, the Imperial Army was forced to reduce its planned mobilisation, due to losses suffered to the Kesh War, to 129 divisions. However, in the 70s the army was faced with multiple problems. The first was the demographic effects of the Great Kesh war, meaning it both had fewer reservists and fewer draftees coming of age each year. The second was the economic recession engulfing Kesh, which forced reduced rates of military spending. As a result, during the 70s, the Selengerians adopted the 81 division plan, a variant of which is still in use today.

Mission
The Imperial Army is tasked with preventing the military conquest of Selengeria by League forces before NSC forces can arrive. Once NSC forces have arrived, the Army is tasked with assisting NSC forces in destroying League ability to continue the war, either by destroying their capacity to fight or their will to do so.

Organisation
The Imperial Army can be divided into two: the readiness units and mobilisation units. Readiness units are fully manned in peacetime by a mix of professionals and conscripts serving 9 months instead of the usual 3. The mobilisation units are staffed with a minimal cadre in peacetime and upon mobilisation will be filled out with reservists. In the event of war, Selengeria intends to mobilise 64 divisions within 7-14 days of the beginning of hostilities. The task of readiness units is to delay the enemy long enough for this mobilisation to be complete. It is expected that during these initial 7-14 days, the readiness units will have casualties extensive enough to make them military useless without rebuilding. Therefore, they are expected to be being rebuilt with reservists and new equipment from D+15 onwards.

The mobilisation force consists of 64 divisions divided into 6 armies, four on the southern front facing Kodeshia and two in the north against Akiteiwa and Hwangchu themselves. The mobilised divisions are 2 air assault divisions, 16 mechanised divisions and 46 motorised divisions. 48 divisions (12 mechanised and 36 motorised) are deployed the Kodeshi front.

Equipment
The 1997 equipment park of the Imperial Army. Unless otherwise stated, equipment is manufactured domestically

Artillery

 * 81 MLRS
 * 1,548 MLR
 * 260 203mm howitzers, SP
 * 628 105/122mm howitzer, SP
 * 761 152/155mm howitzer, SP
 * 1,316 152/155mm howitzer, towed
 * 1,793 105/122mm howitzer, towed

Armoured Vehicles

 * 2,000 Python MBT Python main battle tank.
 * 4,242 Black Mamba main battle tank. 1,000 new hulls, 3,242 refurbished hulls
 * 12,600 Alligator infantry fighting vehicle. C variants
 * 15,720 Iguana infantry carrier. B2 variants

Other

 * 12,000 ATGM firing post
 * 6,000 MANPADS post

=Air Force=

Mission
The Imperial Air Force is tasked with keeping the skies contested and protecting key infrastructure and grounds forces from aerial attack.

Organisation
The Imperial Air Force is divided into the Flying Command and the Air Defence Command. The Flying Command is responsible for commanding the battle in the skies above Selengeria, using aircraft. The Air Defence Command is intended to support the Flying Command and defend key infrastructure using long-range air defence missiles.

The Air Defence Command consists of c. 45,000 men organised into 18 air defence brigades. In wartime, it would recall recent draftees to increase its manning to 90,000 troops.

=Navy=

Mission
The Imperial Navy is tasked with keeping the seas around Selengeria contested, preventing amphibious assaults and assisting NSC forces in breaking through the Strait of Poja.

Organisation
The Imperial Navy is divided into the Sea Command and the Coastal Command. The Sea Command contains the actual seagoing vessels of the Imperial Navy and is largely focussed on maritime interdiction using submarines. The Coastal Command is focussed on maritime interdiction from the land and defence of Selengeria's coast, largely through use of coastal guns and AShMs.

The Coastal Command consists of c. 50,000 men organised into 5 coastal defence divisions.

=Patriotic Defence Corps= The Patriotic Defence Corps is an all-reserve organisation consisting of reservists aged 30-44 and thus deemed too old for service in the other branches in-case of mobilisation.

Mission
When mobilised, Patriotic Defence Corps units are not intended to stay mobilised for the entirety of a war. Instead, they are intended to provide a short-term boost to Selengerian Army fighting power at key points along the line and decisive engagements. They can do so in a variety of ways, from rear area security or providing additional logistics vehicle drivers to functioning as light infantry units for frontline use. In particular, the Patriotic Defence Corps are expected to provide regular Selengerian units with the combat mass necessary to fight in urban areas.

Organisation
The largest Patriotic Defence Corps manoeuvre formation is the brigade. However, there are higher commands in-charge of all Patriotic Defence Corps units within a given area. However, these commands are typically administrative, with the expectation being that in the event of war, Patriotic Defence Corps brigades will come under the command of regular divisions and corps. An exception to this are the so-called "Fortress Commands". These are groupings of Patriotic Defence Corps brigades in large urban areas expected to come under assault early in the war. These cities are expected to be primarily defended by the Patriotic Defence Corps, who are expected to keep the enemy bogged down in these areas for as long as possible and make taking the city as costly as possible for the enemy should the army be unable to relieve them.

=Ministry of Defence=