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During the [[Kiravian Sunderance|Sunderance]], both the [[Kiravian Union]] and [[Kiravian Remnant]] practised military conscription. The Federalist government based on [[Æonara]] emulated the National Service system in place in the neighbouring [[the Cape|Cape]]. The Kiravian National Service system was intended to mobilise the Remnant's much-reduced population in order to deter aggression against its remaining scattered territories and ultimately retake the Mainland, while fostering a sense of national unity and shared purpose. The Kiravian Union relied on both military conscription and corvée labour for defence, major infrastructure projects, and other labour-intensive public undertakings. | During the [[Kiravian Sunderance|Sunderance]], both the [[Kiravian Union]] and [[Kiravian Remnant]] practised military conscription. The Federalist government based on [[Æonara]] emulated the National Service system in place in the neighbouring [[the Cape|Cape]]. The Kiravian National Service system was intended to mobilise the Remnant's much-reduced population in order to deter aggression against its remaining scattered territories and ultimately retake the Mainland, while fostering a sense of national unity and shared purpose. The Kiravian Union relied on both military conscription and corvée labour for defence, major infrastructure projects, and other labour-intensive public undertakings. | ||
The 1985 draft was postponed on the Mainland due to the complexities of the reunification process, but went forward in the former Remnant and Sydona. | Kiravian reunification in 1985 AD changed the calculus underlying both conscription policies. The restored Federalist government found itself in a far less precarious strategic position and now faced the difficult and expensive task of reintegrating the Mainland under its rule. | ||
The 1985 draft was postponed and ultimately cancelled on the Mainland due to the complexities of the reunification process, but went forward in the former Remnant, due to the unresolved Sydonan Question and lingering fears of armed resistence on the Mainland. A draft also occurred in [[Sydona]], which operated as a ''de facto'' independent Kirosocialist rump state [[Sydona#Reintegration|for much of that year]]. The draft resumed nationwide in 1986, but only a fraction of the draft class (35% in the former Remnant, 20% in the former Union) were enlisted into active service, with the majority being assigned directly to reserve duty or to civilian service (45% in the Remnant, 20% in the former Union) or excused. | |||
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