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The Grand Army of Adwest is the professional military force of Adwest, tasked with the defense of the country and the advancement of its wider interests in the global stage. It consists of the Royal Continental Army, its chief land warfare component and its largest branch; the Royal Sea Force, its naval service consisting of about more than a hundred commissioned ships as well as a specialized force of amphibious troops; and the Royal Air Fleet. Also recognized as part of the military are the Royal Adwestene Constabulary, the Adwestene gendarmerie, and the Argent Order, the Adwestene monarch's personal guard.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army is the sovereign of Adwest, Queen Sophia I, to whom personnel and officers are required to declare an oath of allegiance to. While historical precedent has established the monarch as the leader of Adwest's military forces both in name and in practice, the actual power to make decisions regarding the use of the military has recently been acquired by the Round Table Council. Though the Round Table Council only legally gains authority during wartime, the composition of its membership (which include the heads of each service branch, powerful high nobles, and members of the court) have allowed it to maintain control even in peacetime. The Ministry of War is responsible for the daily management of the armed forces.
The Grand Army of Adwest maintains a standing force of not less than 500,000 and a reserve force of a similar number as part of the National Rejuvenation policy developed in 1566. It is a purely professional force ever since the abolition of compulsory service in 1501. At current numbers, it is one of the largest armed forces fielded throughout the region.
Adwest actively exercises use of its military assets, primarily as an anchor supporting its foreign policy. It has deployed forces for multilateral and humanitarian operations across the globe, particularly in Novange and Singan. Adwest maintains two overseas military garrisons in the territory of its treaty allies Drahen and Tieguo and regularly participates in military exercises with other allies Oslanburg, Nerysia, and Aeriland. Despite public knowledge of Adwest not being involved in overseas conflict, it is speculated that elements of the Grand Army were involved in numerous clandestine operations in support of friendly states; this includes lending aerial and material support to the Fascist regime in Kolhar and providing arms and advisers to Tambossan military dictator Colonel Theodeste Bagosora.
At home, the Grand Army serves as the primary institution counteracting threats that call for the destruction of the monarchy. They fought in this capacity first during the 1462 Civil War and later on the insurrection by the National Republican Alliance that began in 1500.
