Conscription in Makko Oko
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Conscription in the Empire Of Makko Oko, also known as the draft, has been employed one time during the era of the Empire, and one time during the era of the Republic. For much of the Empire's life since its founding in 2019, the nation's military had been a fully conscripted force, with any citizen being mandated to join the military for at least 2 years, with that position only being further solidified with the official enactment of the Basic Rights Of Makko Oko.
In Makko Okoan history, the draft was first employed at the start of the Civil Transition War by the former Republic Of Makko Oko, after the President, Harold Zenonis, declared that a civil war had begun and then ordered a general mobilization. Historians dispute that the President's draft ended and a new one began, because after the war concluded, the newly formed Empire established mandatory peacetime conscription for 2 years from the age of 18. The Empire's conscription wouldn't end until May of 2022 when the Basic Rights Of Makko Oko would receive its second revision, removing military service as a constitutional requirement to citizenship.
History
Civil Transition War
The Civil Transition War is currently the only war ever fought in Makko Okoan history, with it also being the bloodiest. It was the first time in the nation's history that a draft and general mobilization had been instated. When the draft had first been initiated, the government only had around 210 million soldiers, out of a total population of over 850 million. Resistance to the draft was quite high, mainly due to the majority of the population, over 60%, supporting the militia Anti-Poverty Forces.
Even those who had supported the Republic Of Makko Oko during the war had criticized the government and President Harold Zenonis for declaring a draft when "clearly you have all the fighters you need". Many arrests on non-compliant citizens to the draft had been conducted, mainly in police raids of residences and public buildings, most of the time without warrants. The Anti-Poverty Forces on the other hand while they never enforced conscription into their militia, they did torture and even kill citizens who refused to join in support of the war.
During the war, the draft did see an uptick in soldiers, which by the end of it on September 13th, 2019, had gone up to almost 550 million soldiers. Deaths by the end of the war had gone up to the low 100 millions, helping fuel the fire against the President's government. Most of the deaths had been of volunteer soldiers, in the military since before the war, that died either to rebelling drafted soldiers, to the citizens hands during the periods of martial law, or to the militia.
The draft during the war made no exceptions to any individual, except for the President themselves, their family, the Parliament and currently employed police officers. This only led to hype and anti-government sentiment within religious groups.
