Military of Lothia

Military of Lothia
Aeterna Militarii Lothiae
Shield of the Eternal Military
Flag of the Eternal Military
Motto	Ab Antiquo (From the Ancient)
Founded	2505 BCE
Current form	1951 CE
Headquarters	Tergeste, Arcis Ruburm
Leadership
Imperator of Lothia	Aulus Ferox
Minister of Defense	Tutus Hesychius
Chief of the General Staff	Primus Valens
Personnel
Military age	20 for compulsory male service, 18 for volunteer male service
Conscription	20–34 years of age (males only)
Available for military service	33,116,044, age 15–49
Fit for military service	28,103,233, age 15–49
Reaching military age annually	4,183,800
Active personnel	6,215,231
Reserve personnel	9,031,890
Expenditure
Budget	$840 billion
Percent of GDP	4.0%
Industry
Domestic suppliers	Invictus, Navalia Lothiae
Foreign suppliers	Royal Marquesan Exports (Marquesan)

The Military of Lothia, also known as the Eternal Military of Lothia (Lothic: Aeternum Militarii Lothiae) is the unified armed forces of the High Order of Lothia. It consists of the Aeternum Aer Potentia (Air Force), Aeternum Exercitus (Army) and the Aeternum Navalis (Navy). The Imperator of Lothia is the Commander-in-Chief of the military; he receives counsel from the Minister of Defense and the General Staff of the Eternal Military on matters of national defense and strategic options. Conscription is enforced on all males between the ages of 20 and 34 for four years.

The Lothic armed forces trace their origins back to the rise of the Legionem Primam in 2505 BCE, when soldiers from the city-states of Tergeste, Canatha and Carodelphia formed a professional army to attack and subsume the city-state of Vicus Salduba. This professional army would come to swear fealty to the Lothic Republic and defend the burgeoning young democracy from extant threats. The moniker Eternal Army became the official sobriquet in 2111 BCE under the governance of the Republic. When the Republic fell in 105 CE, the military apparatus shifted its allegiance to Agrippa of Gades, who would go on to become the first Imperator of Lothia. The military's importance in Lothic culture grew during the High Order age of the country, with military service becoming mandatory for all males born between the ages of fifteen and twenty (later bumped up to its modern age limits in 1951). The country allied itself with Marquesan around the turn of the twentieth century and would participate in the Great War on the side of the Marquesan League. The ultimate defeat of the Marquesan League in the Hiakemira Campaign would mark a major turning point in the military's efforts to modernize and reorganize its structure.

Since 1951 and the end of the Great War, the Lothic military structure has remaind fairly stable, with the leadership of the Imperator backed by the General Staff. THe country retreated into a period of isolationism following the conflict, though it maintained its heavy reliance on Royal Marquesan Exports to build out its military infrastructure. A push in reent years to modernize its military industrial complex has led to the development of a domestic arms manufacturing industry, led by companies like Invictus. Lothic troops are known for their Bellum Cornu, or war horns that they carry into battle as well as their intense military discipline and bravery in combat. International watchdog organizations have cited the Eternal Military for its cruel training tactics.