Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Aukustia

The **Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Aukustia** are the military forces of Aukustia. It consists of the Aukustian Army & Aukustian Navy. It is lead by the Council of Military Advisors, and managed by the Minister of Warfare; both of these positions are appointed by the Prime Minister of Aukustia. The modern Aukustian armed forces were formally organized in the 1836 Constitution. The army swears its loyalty to both the Prime Minister & Monarch of Aukustia, and their existence & funding are approved in the triannual "House Review of the Military Apparatus," where the House of the Nation must decide upon funding & management of the Armed Forces. The current Minister of Warfare is Srebrin Zhivković.

### **History**

#### Foundation

Until the 1836 Constitution, Aukustia never had maintained a standing army with professional officers and careerist corporals and sergeants. It relied on militia organised by local officials, or on private forces mobilised by the nobility.

### **Army**

The **Aukustian Army** is the principal land warfare force of Aukustia. In 1905, it was recorded as having had some 125,000 standing personnel. The Aukustian Army is historically the more favored branch of the armed forces, as Aukustia wished to combat Joseon's presence on the Akainan mainland, while the Navy's dreams of a maritime nation remained lofty so long as the islands of Joseon covered nearly the whole of the nation's coast. Aukustian army doctrine is based upon creating cadres from standing personnel, who function as a basis upon which a potentially much larger force could be built upon during war time.

#### Infantry

The majority of the Aukustian army is comprised of infantrymen, who engage in military combat on foot. While actual infantry warfare is conducted on foot, many infantry divisions utilize horses to provide quick & mass transport across Aukustia. The Aukustian infantry are led by a hierarchical structure of both commissioned & non-commissioned officers, known as the Board of Infantry. Positions start with meagre lieutenants, & stretch all the way to the sergeant-generals, whom are appointed by the Minister of Warfare. The Board of Infantry is unique in that it does not have an overarching Master-General; disputes are settled directly by the Minister of Warfare.

#### Artillery

While artillery regiments are essentially glued to an assigned infantry division, the artillery is actually run under a separate branch of the army, known as the Board of Artillery. The Board of Artillery is lead by the Master-General of the Artillery, and consists of both the standing ground forces but also of specialized schools & camps for officers of artillery components.

#### Logistics

Logistics are managed by the Board of Ordinance, which works in tandem with the other boards to ensure a flow of supplies to Aukustian military engagements. The Board of Ordinance is lead by the Master General of the Ordinance, who manages the army's engineers, fortifications, military supplies, transport, field hospitals, among other miscellaneous functions.

#### Paramilitary

During the Moshka War, the Minister of Warfare approved a plan which provided massive amounts of funding to ethnically Aukustian paramilitary groups as they fought against Joseon's government. The largest of these, the Aukustian People's Armed Movement, would eventually come to subsume the others, and become politically represented as the Aukustian People's Interest Party. Today, the A.P.A.M. still exists as the paramilitary wing of the A.P.I.P., boasting upwards of some 25,000~ members.