Metropolitan Guard
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The Burgoignesc Grand Principal Republican Metropolitan Guard, (Burg: Vigilanteuers della Republique Real Burgoignesc), more commonly known as the Metropolitan Guard, is the ready-reserve force of the Army of Burgundie. It is a semi-professional corps of non-commissioned officers and junior officers who are prepared to defend the Burgoignesc Metropole in the event of an invasion. It encompasses the ranks of corporals, sergeants, aspirants, lieutenants, and captains. Members of the Metropolitan Guard train one weekend a month, two weeks a year.
Unlike most ready reserve forces around the world, they do not focus primarily on their combat or support role but rather on rapidily training the populace in guerrilla, asymmetrical, and anti-platform warfare as well as survival and first aid skills. Their doctrine is focused on the strategy of "locality defense" (Burg: defense della raion) and maintains the medieval structure of the hundred, dividing Burgundie in geographical subdivisions that could likely raise 100 residents to form an independent company of combatants.