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Military

Leon Krell is the Warmarshal of the Protectorate and Chairman of Executive Command. The Lyran Military is the name for the collective armed personnel of the Lyran state. It is something of a conventional misnomer, however, as, technically, the entirety of the Lyran state and populace co-constitute the military. As such, the state is broadly (and unofficially) divided into ‘combatant’ and ‘non-combatant’ Orders.

The combatant military has three branches: Army, Navy and Aerospace Forces, although implementation of available combat force in any given theatre is managed at Order level, rather than atservice level. According to the Varessan Commonwealth Foreign Ministry, Lyras has the largest military, by personnel numbers, in the world, with estimated combatant personnel well into the billions, and about 40% of persons aged 17–54 in the combatant arms of the Lyran armed forces.

Lyras has, as you'd expect, one of the highest percentages of military personnel per capita of any nation in the world, with approximately 1 combatant soldier for every 10 people. Military strategy is designed around the concept of ‘full-spectrum overmatch’, implying employment of complete numerical and technological dominance in any chosen theatre of engagement, prior to the onset of military action. Due to Lyras’ unique national composition and nature, it remains one of very few states reliably able to put such a policy into practice.

The Lyran military operates a very large amount of equipment, including over 11,000,000 tanks, 21,000,000 APCs, 30,600,000 artillery pieces (incl. mortars), 17,000,000 anti-aircraft vehicles in the army; at least 125,000 vessels in the Navy and over 11,000,000 aircraft in the Aerospace Force, as well as an unknown but estimated to be extremely high number of MANPADS and anti-tank guided missiles. The equipment is a mixture of foreign and domestically produced vehicles and small arms, both widely proliferated technology, and cutting edge restricted-acquisition modern systems.

The Lyran military is considered to be one of the most highly trained in the world, with early training being an integral component of Lyras’ compulsory education system. Children undergoing training are thus also, simultaneously, being instructed in the art and science of war. Nearly 900 million personnel graduate into the deployable military forces each year, although the exact number is classified.

Lyras has confirmed and extensive nuclear and ballistic missile weapons programs. The exact number remain unknown at this stage, but is estimated to be well into the thousands. Lyras is known to favour employment of FOBS-based ICBMs and ballistic missile submarines, rather than aircraft, in the nuclear weapon employment roles.

Lyras has a large and near-totally indigenous arms industry, producing most of its own equipment, and exporting its military equipment overseas. Lyran Arms, the organ of the Lyran Governmental Trade Department responsible for overseeing trade in Lyran hardware, turns an operating profit of (estd.) NS$3.98tn per annum. Many sources claim Lyras as the world’s largest supplier of armaments, a position it has purportedly held since 2007, and accounting for 35% of the world’s recorded arms sales, exporting to over 200 countries .

The Protectorate of Lyras

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