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Recruits to the guards must be unmarried [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] Catholic males between 18 and 30 years of age who have completed basic training with the [[Yonderian Defence Force]]. The dress uniform is of blue, red and black with a distinctly musketeer-like Renaissance appearance. The Yonderian Guard are equipped with traditional weapons, such as the sabre and halberd, as well as with modern firearms. Since the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II in 1981, a much stronger emphasis has been placed on the Guard's non-ceremonial roles, and has seen enhanced training in unarmed combat and small arms.
Recruits to the guards must be unmarried [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] Catholic males between 18 and 30 years of age who have completed basic training with the [[Yonderian Defence Force]]. The dress uniform is of blue, red and black with a distinctly musketeer-like Renaissance appearance. The Yonderian Guard are equipped with traditional weapons, such as the sabre and halberd, as well as with modern firearms. Since the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II in 1981, a much stronger emphasis has been placed on the Guard's non-ceremonial roles, and has seen enhanced training in unarmed combat and small arms.


At 189 strong, the Yonderian Guard is the smallest active national military force in the world, but is nevertheless rated highly for their individual skill as soldiers and bodyguards for [[Papal State]] officials.  
At 189 strong, the Yonderian Guard is the smallest active national military force in the world, but its soldiers are nevertheless rated highly for their individual skill as soldiers and bodyguards for [[Papal State]] officials.  
==Uniform and equipment==
==Uniform and equipment==
The guard uniform of the Yonderian Guard is traditionally blue, red and black. The current design of the Yonderian Guard is of a distinctly musketeer-like Renaissance look, designed by [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] Dieter Wieghorst in 1888 during the [[Yonderian Golden Age]]. The 1888 uniform was designed to invoke the look of historic Yonderian Guardsmen, while prior to 1888, the Yonderian Guard had gradually updated its uniforms to follow modern trends. The uniform consists of a black cavalier hat with red trim and red and black ostrich feathers (historically, brightly colored pheasant or heron feathers were used), a dark blue cassock cape with embroidered crosses on the left chest and back, long dark blue frock coat with silver trim, dark blue jodhpurs and highly polished black hobnailed jackboots with elaborate detailing. An exercise uniform also exists, a much simpler uniform in dark blue material worn with a large black beret. Except for ceremonial guard and exercises, officers of the guard wear civilian dress when on duty.
The guard uniform of the Yonderian Guard is traditionally blue, red and black. The current design of the Yonderian Guard is of a distinctly musketeer-like Renaissance look, designed by [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] Dieter Wieghorst in 1888 during the [[Yonderian Golden Age]]. The 1888 uniform was designed to invoke the look of historic Yonderian Guardsmen, while prior to 1888, the Yonderian Guard had gradually updated its uniforms to follow modern trends. The uniform consists of a black cavalier hat with red trim and red and black ostrich feathers (historically, brightly colored pheasant or heron feathers were used), a dark blue cassock cape with embroidered crosses on the left chest and back, long dark blue frock coat with silver trim, dark blue jodhpurs and highly polished black hobnailed jackboots with elaborate detailing. An exercise uniform also exists, a much simpler uniform in dark blue material worn with a large black beret. Except for ceremonial guard and exercises, officers of the guard wear civilian dress when on duty.
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