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How big is your military?

Huge
202
38%
Large
136
26%
Medium
79
15%
Small
57
11%
Tiny
32
6%
No Military
25
5%
 
Total votes : 531

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Freechrist
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Founded: Oct 23, 2012
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Postby Freechrist » Fri Dec 19, 2014 11:29 pm

We are divided on compulsory service and not having compulsory service. It changes about every 10 years. We have a stratigically superior advantage, and often have a technological advantage as well. We usually only use half of our troops in war times because of the military intellect and specialty. Training the troops is riggerous and only about 1 out of 10 make it into service, and 1 out of 300 soldiers make it into special forces.

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Cromer
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Founded: Oct 20, 2014
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Postby Cromer » Sat Dec 20, 2014 12:32 am

The Federal Defence Force has an Active Force of 65,000.

32,000 Active in the Army organized into a standing army of 5 brigades plus a logistics brigade, combat service brigade, Aviation Brigade and special forces brigade
18,000 Active in the Navy operating 48 commissioned vessels plus a number of auxiliaries.
15,000 Active in the Air Force operating 300 total aircraft

In addition New Cromer has a large number of reserves. There are 55,000 Army Reservists, 4,500 Air Force Reservists and 4,750 Naval Reservists for a total of 64,250 Reserve personnel

This brings the total manpower of the Cromer Federal Defence Force to 129,000. About .8% of the total population of Cromer, which is 16 million as of 2014.

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Malavya
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Founded: Dec 18, 2014
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Postby Malavya » Sat Dec 20, 2014 1:09 am

880,000 active and 1.3 million reserves
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Guivria
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Founded: Dec 19, 2014
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Postby Guivria » Sat Dec 20, 2014 7:32 am

The Guivrian Armed Forces have 39,655 active personnel and 58,504 reserve personnel. The Army has 12,186 active personnel, the Navy has 18,309, and the Air Force has 9,160. The various Army, Navy, and Air Force Reserve (which, when combined, constitute the Guivrian Home Guard) have 25,300 reserves, 20,115 reserves, and 13,089 reserves, respectively.
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Blakullar
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Founded: Sep 07, 2012
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Postby Blakullar » Sun Dec 28, 2014 8:44 am

Heco wrote:
New Frenco Empire wrote:Believe me, his forces are not invincible. :p

Ours may die a little quicker, but it's the thought that counts!

I've fought his forces they drop.
Quickly
When it comes to Gas and bombs bullets and grenades.
Shells and tanks.
I like the crunch the tanks make when the run over enemy forces.
Ahhh good times in the MDF

Is this some war you made up, or is this the war in which one of my IS-44 supertanks single-handedly wiped out one of your armoured brigades? No mercy for the army of baguettes and "hand grenades" (actually coconuts filled with firework powder).
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Holy roman replubic
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Founded: Nov 11, 2014
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Postby Holy roman replubic » Sun Dec 28, 2014 10:53 am

70 million troops. 10 million national guard (militia), 20 million army forces like transport or infantry, 10 million naval forces like marines and the navy, 10 million air force, and 10 million military police, and 10 million reserves. But with that numerical value we value strategy more. Nothing beats a war like the perfect strategy. Since we have numerical value and the nukes we can outlast and intimidate the enemy for years. We lost battles but rarely wars! Plus we have a war economy so equipment and tech helps a lot. Another plus we love military parades every week especially in the Caesar's palace :p !
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The Great Nation of Dan
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Founded: Nov 27, 2014
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Postby The Great Nation of Dan » Sun Dec 28, 2014 11:50 am

We have a small 15000 formal army. But our strength is by the many militias and tribes. Culturally it is common for every family to have at least one member to involved with the militia. High-schools standardized some amount of military training and requires a minimum of 40 hours active volunteering in noncombatant service groups.
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The Vrree Nations
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Founded: Nov 30, 2014
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Postby The Vrree Nations » Mon Dec 29, 2014 12:59 am

Our military, the Vrree Species Defence Alliance, represents and is drawn from the entire Vrree species. There are approximately 8.7 billion Vrree at this time. The Alliance has about 260 million members (0.3% of the total population), however only 1/5 (about 50 million) are on active duty at any given time, the rest are reservists and militia.

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Alahana
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Founded: Apr 30, 2013
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Postby Alahana » Mon Dec 29, 2014 6:10 am

If we are talking about the army (as in ground army, excluding all other branches) than we have about 750,000 soldiers, but highly trained with advanced weaponry.
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Hyfling
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Founded: May 25, 2013
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Postby Hyfling » Tue Jan 13, 2015 4:00 am

Hyfling has a very large military, thanks in no small part to the half year of compulsory military service/training (CMS) that must be undertaken by every citizen at the ages of 18 to 21 (as decided based on the repeal of Conscription in 1979 and the need for a large volunteer force) many civilians decide to remain in the military force whether as fighters or, as a growing number of people prefer, maintenance and logistics. Currently, 10.5% of the 3.45 billion strong population (362,250,000) are 'employed' by the military, but the vast, vast majority of these are people partaking in their compulsory military service and certainly not battle-ready soldiers, without CMS, reserves, manufacturing (as the military manufactures a large amount of its own stuff) and logistics/maintenance the number is closer to (17,250,000 or 0.7% of the population).

Considering the vast area of Hyfling and the shear length of coastline to protect, the military is still quite inadequate to properly defend the nation, especially in regards to it's airforce. The land forces make up 50% of those enrolled, with the navy at 34% and the airforce at 26% (most armies are nearly equal in air and navy size) thanks to very large government-owned, and private sector-partner manufacturing capabilities, the government's base military expenditure is only 60%, with the remaining 40% being underpinned up of weapon an material sales and payed logistics/security support to other countries.

If it wasn't for the huge CMS program, the military would actually be profitable. But thanks to the CMS program, the majority of Hyfling's citizens have some degree of knowledge in how to handle a military situation, and is therefore considered money well spent by consecutive governments.

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Nazghuristan
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Founded: Dec 04, 2014
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Postby Nazghuristan » Tue Jan 13, 2015 4:10 am

the Nazghuristan's People's Army is very significant and ready to protect our nation.

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Nickel Empire
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Founded: Jan 05, 2014
Corporate Bordello

Postby Nickel Empire » Tue Jan 13, 2015 7:19 pm

Our current military is know for sending soldiers all over the region to protect our allies!
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North Pole Union
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Founded: Jan 01, 2015
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Postby North Pole Union » Wed Jan 14, 2015 8:48 am

It's non-existent here in the North Pole Union. The only defenders we've got are security guards and police officers.

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Deweden
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Founded: Oct 24, 2012
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Postby Deweden » Wed Jan 14, 2015 10:31 am

The Dewdish military is, by NS standards, between small to tiny with a total of 75,000 active troops and 750,000 reservists.

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Heco
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Founded: Apr 25, 2014
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Postby Heco » Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:06 pm

Blakullar wrote:
Heco wrote:I've fought his forces they drop.
Quickly
When it comes to Gas and bombs bullets and grenades.
Shells and tanks.
I like the crunch the tanks make when the run over enemy forces.
Ahhh good times in the MDF

Is this some war you made up, or is this the war in which one of my IS-44 supertanks single-handedly wiped out one of your armoured brigades? No mercy for the army of baguettes and "hand grenades" (actually coconuts filled with firework powder).

The war in medwed.
Where we destroyed your armies.
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Susria
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Founded: Sep 21, 2012
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Postby Susria » Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:08 pm

How big?

Bigger than yours, how about?
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Spainard
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Founded: Dec 22, 2013
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Postby Spainard » Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:10 pm

I guess medium. We had a big military, but we took DEEP military cuts, so it's down to 22% :mad:
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Agapathapoo
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Postby Agapathapoo » Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:31 pm

601,304,963 people in my military.
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Koetia
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Founded: Jan 12, 2015
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Postby Koetia » Wed Jan 14, 2015 10:51 pm

1,891,992 soldiers and growing.
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Blakullar
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Founded: Sep 07, 2012
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Postby Blakullar » Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:00 am

Heco wrote:
Blakullar wrote:Is this some war you made up, or is this the war in which one of my IS-44 supertanks single-handedly wiped out one of your armoured brigades? No mercy for the army of baguettes and "hand grenades" (actually coconuts filled with firework powder).

The war in medwed.
Where we destroyed your armies.

My recollection of that war was that you godmodded a space force from nowhere and attempted to level the entire nation with napalm. Not once did my armies actually encounter yours - and if I really wanted to I could probably lay waste to your forces anyway. You can choose to wank numbers all you wish, bear in mind that your forces are MT and I'm about to jump into FT.

Remember, all it takes to wipe out that human wave of yours is one well-placed cluster bomb!
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Novum Alexandria
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Founded: Jul 08, 2014
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Postby Novum Alexandria » Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:10 am

Previously, it was large. Now it is about to jump to absurdly massive as Alexandria takes on the ambitious and morally questionable task of converting a little over 90% of the population into multi-purpose automatons.
Though, depending on how others in the region react, rebel groups might get sufficient support to halt the project.
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Republika Srpska Party
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Founded: Jul 02, 2014
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Postby Republika Srpska Party » Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:19 am

Active: 496,811
Reserves: 573,997
Armored Vehicles/Tanks/APCs/AFVs: 15,712
Bombers: 4,600
Stealth Fighters: 5,050
Jet Fighters: 5,000
Transport Helicopters: 3,600
Attack Helicopters: 4,987
Patrol Craft: 84
Submarines: 11
Aircraft carriers: 3 (1 is under construction)
Frigates: 20
Missile boats: 71
Corvettes: 14
Battlecruisers: 17

There.
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The Leodensian Republic
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Founded: Dec 16, 2014
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Postby The Leodensian Republic » Thu Jan 15, 2015 12:41 pm

Conglomerate of Iron wrote:The entire population is in the militia.

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Amazona Maxima
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Founded: Jan 15, 2015
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Postby Amazona Maxima » Thu Jan 15, 2015 12:43 pm

Every woman in the country serves in the military. Men, being the scum they are, are excluded from the honor of service.
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Heco
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Postby Heco » Thu Jan 15, 2015 1:58 pm

Amazona Maxima wrote:Every woman in the country serves in the military. Men, being the scum they are, are excluded from the honor of service.

Whoa that's a bit extreme.
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