Conscription in Anteria
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There is no current standing army
There is a standing army, but service is voluntary
Service is compulsory de-jure, but is either not enforced or has been suspended
Service is compulsory, but conscription lasts for 12 months or less
Service is compulsory, and conscription lasts for over 12 months
Key | Country/Autonomous Region | Year last implemented | Year abolished | Length | Applies to both genders? | Notes |
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Amrelia | N/A | N/A | Varies | No | There is currently no conscription in the Federative Republic, however, there are provisions in the Constitution that allows the Federal Assembly to enact conscription for males aged 18-30 during times of war or when the homeland is seriously threatened. Conscription has never been enacted in Amrelia's history, and there continues to be campaigns that call for the constitutional provision that allows for conscription to be done away with. | |
Aziallis | 1692 | 1920 | 24 months | Yes | The Union had a very strong conscription which got codified into the Constitution as well. At first it was only for men and lasted for 5 years, but amendments in 1893 reduced the service time to 2 years and mandated both men and women serve in the military. In 1920, after strong push from then Prime Minister S. Frene the Parliament ended conscription and made service in the armed forced voluntry. | |
Bakyern | N/A | N/A | 18 months | Yes | Conscription in the Bakyernian Defense Force is mandatory for both males and females between the ages of 18 and 25. Those eligble for conscription need to meet specific requirements. Students who finish with low grades are usually eligble for conscription as well. Conscripts are placed in reservists roles such as the Home Guard or into one of the three main branches of the Bakyernian Defense Force - at the discretion of military officials in charge of handling conscripts. Conscripts can opt out for alternative civil services such as firefighting, agriculture, and emergency medical services among other things - but some alternative civil service conscripts are used for construction and labor units in charge of handling infrastructure and labor-related projects. | |
Canton River Delta | 1621 | N/A | 14 months | Yes | In CRD conscription is still compulsory for both genders. You can choose between care or the army but it is mandatory to do it for 14 months. everyone at the age of 18 must do the 14 months. | |
Encessia | 1411 | 1994 | N/A | N/A | Conscription in Encessia was outlawed in 1994 with the new constitution's protections on civil rights, however this law is able to be suspended in dire needs or emergencies. | |
Freice | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Freice's defense is primarily the responsibility of Riamo. Freice maintains a paramilitary force within the Freice Police Service, called the Enlisted Corps. | |
Ganji Islands | 1960 | N/A | 15 months | No | Conscription is compulsory for men, but for women it's voluntary. 14% of the women choose to serve in the army. Usually people serve when they finish their secondary or tertiary education, usually at 18-24 years old. | |
Gassasinia | 1899 | 1977 | N/A | N/A | Conscription abolished by the Defence Force Act 1977. Until the formation of the Defence Force, all able-bodied, unmarried and childless men and women between the ages of 18 and 45 were subject to conscription for up to two years. Although most women were only allowed to serve in rear-echelon roles, Jewish women were potentially liable to be assigned to combat roles if assigned to the Jewish Legion. Conscription reached its' height in 1973, during the guerrilla war between far-right and far-left paramilitaries. | |
Gran Rugido | N/A | N/A | 12 months | Yes | The Servicio Militar Nacional is required for any civilian between 18 - 26 years or for any civilian who has been homeless after two years. Selection is made by a lottery system using the following color scheme: a black ball must serve as "availability reservists", that is, they are not required to perform any activities whatsoever and will receive their discharge card at the end of the year. However, a white ball must serve “framed” which means, they must start service immediately from 8am-1pm for one entire year until they receive the discharge card. The ones who get a white ball serve in a Batallón del Servicio Militar Nacional (National Military Service Battalion) composed entirely of one-year SMN conscripts. In certain port cities of the nation, the lottery system also includes a blue ball which means that whoever draws it must serve in the navy. On various occasions it has been proposed to eliminate the mandatory nature of the SMN, the latest propsal being in 2020. | |
Iwonia | 1925 | N/A | 30 months | Yes | Females are not allowed for combat, only for medical and cooking. Men can be exempt altogether if they have a Master's Degree in Engineering but can volunteer for 18 months. | |
Kistolia | 1687 (Establishment) | 2021 | N/A | N/A | Conscription has exsisted in Kistolia since it's establishment in 1687. The law has been revised many times. Somewhere between ages 18-21 you would get a conscription letter, unless you planned on going to University, in which you would be allowed to delay the conscription until completion of the planned degree. Once the degree has been completed you would serve 12 months in the military. The practice was banned for a short time in 2020, but it was reinstated the same year, then permanantly banned in January 2021. | |
Lyonheimer | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Conscription has never been recorded to have been in place in Lyonheimer throughout the nations history. | |
Melide | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Melide has not army. | |
Morrawia | 1599 | 1954 | Varied (between 12 and 24 months) | N/A | Standing army was formed during the final years of The First Republic and remained a big force during reestablishment of monarchy and became massive during the time of The Empire. After the collapse of The Empire, it was greatly reduced and all personell was either executed or discharged. On the verge of the 20th century, the army had begun expanding and reached its peak during The Great War. After that, it stayed consistently big until the year 1954, when the conscription was abolished under Military Reform Act of 1954. This, as a result, decreased dramatically the size of the military and today contains about 350 000 soldiers. | |
Nerany | 1954 | N/A | 10 months | Yes | N/A | |
Neuewland | 1706 | N/A | Varies | Yes | Conscription is not usually in effect, but during times of emergency, the Plutocratic council instates a conscription law which conscripts up to 10% of the Neuew population, randomly selected among all adults between 16 to 40, into the military, usually to be used as filler for the spaztverces and landarbeiters to work alongside of. This law dates all the way back to the early 1700s, when the Merchant Princes of Neuewland began consolidating the islands that composed the de jure High Kingdom of Neuewland. | |
Nexalan | 1523 | N/A | Varies | Yes | There is no conscription in effect, and never has been, however, military service is voluntary to both genders, but during times of emergency, a conscription law will be inciated which will conscript to atleast 5% of the population of Nexalan, all of which will be randomly selected people between the ages of 16 to 42 into the military. People who are older than 42 who get conscripted, will have an option to not join the military, and if they do join they will be recruited as a "Military Occupational Specialty", including jobs like translators, military police, parachute rigger, health care specialist, etc. And some may also be recruited as a captain if they have law enforcement experience. | |
Norvinia | 1956 | 1968 | N/A | N/A | Following the civil war, the military conducted massive reorganization and doctrinal reform as such is the abolishment of conscription. Since then, the country employs and maintain a voluntary professional armed forces. | |
Paslin | 1950 | N/A | 24 months | Yes | Conscription is in effect; however, Paslin has kept a small army, and instead usually trains the recruits, so they can be ready to be called up and go through training much quicker should the need arise. All civilians aged 16 to 42 have to undergo conscription unless they don't have citizenship yet. | |
Qazhshava | 1919 | N/A | 14 months | Yes | It is a Qazhshavan's duty at age 18 to serve his/her motherland. Only exceptions in conscription are made to certain criminals, priests, monks and people who's disabilities prevent them from serving. Both men and women are conscripted, they get basic training, such as gunhandling, and women are taught for nurses and field medics. | |
Sacrofnia | 1620 | N/A | 15 months | Yes | "The workouts are harder than any battlefield" | |
Sauthar | TBA | 1981 | N/A | Yes | There's no standing army. | |
Salamat | 1969 | N/A | 18 months | No | Salamat enforces a 18 month long mandatory conscription at the age of 18 for men only to "defend the homeland". Students can delay their conscription. | |
Tiskaiya | 1588 | 1958 | N/A | N/A | Tiskaiya enforced a conscription of 9 months for men until 1958, the military then abolished the conscription. Though in times of war a draft can still be called, every man and woman from the ages of 17-45 are subject to the draft. | |
Toubaze | 1945 | N/A | 3-12 months | Yes | Conscription is laid out in the 1945 Constitution and is voluntary. Anybody with citizenship and over 18 years of age can enlist in the military. | |
The Vanna | N/A | N/A | Varies | Yes | ||
Whitmarche | 1799 | N/A | 12 months | No | TBA | |
Sitrea | 1964 | N/A | 16 months | Yes | TBA |
- Layfet was not a recognized nation at the time.