Kiravian Armed Forces: Difference between revisions

The Fundamental Statute preserves the right of individual states to maintain armed forces for their own defence by virtue of dual sovereignty. Subsequent legislation also extends this privilege to territories and the two federal districts. Under the Confederate Republics and early Federacy, voluntary contributions of state forces and militia provided the backbone of Kiravia's military manpower. The relationship between state and federal forces has evolved over the centuries through legislation, changes in practice, and federal-state compacts. Today, state forces form the largest component of the Federacy's military reserves (though a purely federal Army Reserve does exist) and play an integral rôle in its homeland defence planning. Though state forces cannot be forcibly federalised like the US National Guard except in the event of a ground invasion of a major Kiravian landmass, in practice state governors and legislatures will never refuse to contribute forces to a federal operation if asked, and the state forces are closely tied to the federal military and government through financial, training, and equipment transfer arrangements. State forces regularly participate in federal operations overseas, and are highly valued for their terrain specialties. For example, if fighting in a subarctic environment, the Federal Army would call upon the state troops of [[Koskenkorva]] or [[Saxalin Islands]] who routinely train in comparable conditions.