Confederate States Armed Forces

Florian paratroopers on an exercise.

The Confederate States Armed Forces are the military forces of the Confederate States of Floria and were established after post War of Lost Brothers treaty restrictions were unilaterally revoked by the Florian government in 1672 AN. It consists of an Army, Navy (including marine infantry & a coastguard service), and Air Force. The Confederate States Armed Forces is the successor of the Florian Security Force. The President of the Confederate States is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. From the modest cadre in existence on the date of the armed forces refoundation, the Florian Armed Forces have experienced sustained growth in terms of both manpower and equipment from 1676 onwards, having benefited from an exponential increase in investment following the culmination of Florian reconstruction efforts earlier in the decade.

The Confederate States Armed Forces are one of Micras’s largest military forces in terms of personnel. They draw their personnel from a large pool of professional volunteers. Military conscription has been used but not since 1727.

History

1711 Act

In 1711, the Florian Government announced that all branches of the Confederate States Armed Forces would be revamped to more modern standards and less reliant on equipment produced by fellow Raspur Pact allies. This meant a unified standard issue of firearms throughout the three armed services. The M1525 9 mm Pistol remained the pistol of choice for officers however other Allied Production Matrix units were discontinued in favour of more recently Florian-designed weapon systems such as the FLO-57 SMG and SA1680 rifle weapon system. The SA1680 was chosen in favour as the standard issue weapon system for soldiers since it could be converted into carbine and LSW forms. "Cherry Pickers" remained the marksman rifle of choice however the use of LR06 has become more popular. Support/Logistics vehicles were considered extremely outdated and were to be replaced immediately.

The training of armed forces personnel was also vastly improved and ration packs were revamped for better operational effectiveness as during Operation Python logistics became an issue.

Global influence and introduction of Project 1727

With vastly improved training and better investment into equipment, it became clear that Floria had truly learned from its failures experienced from its earlier conflicts in history. Because of this Floria has kept its throne as the lead nation of the Apollonia Command despite being out populated and outmanned than the Kildarian territory of Shireroth. Floria’s long-awaited presence on the continent of Eura was felt during the Kapavian insurgency when Florian troops made a semi-permanent base called Camp Trident to assist Euran forces Raspur Pact aligned or not against cells of the Babkhan Restoration Movement.

The Florian Government once again reviewed the armed forces and came to the conclusion that the military was still lacking in some areas such as artillery, small arms, and armoured vehicles. Therefore Project 1727 was launched, the most ambitious military development project ever done by the Government with the aim of Floria having the most advanced military force in all areas by 1727.

Organisation

Administrative

The Confederate States Armed Forces comprises of three independent service branches - the Florian Army, Florian Navy, and the Florian Air Force, brought together under the authority of the War Office in Northcliff with the President serving as Commander-in-Chief.

Operational

The Confederate States Armed Forces are divided into four operational commands, these being Army Group East & Army Group West, Fleet Command, and the Home Army.

Command	Area of Operations	Subordinate Formations	Number of personnel
Army Group East	Las Andreas Longsight Etourney Moss Side Outer Mesoun Port Farrar Sri Alba Victoria	201st Army 203rd Army 205th Army 206th Army 207th Army	Florian Army – 545,900 Florian Air Force – 78,840
Army Group West	Bridgemoor Dragonmoor Meadowedge Oldhaven Stonehall	202nd Army 204th Army	Florian Army – 373,100 Florian Air Force – 72,580
Fleet Command	Littoral Waters Overseas Territories	Coastguard Norfolk Isles Squadron Togafaga Station Etourney Squadron 624th Reconnaissance Regiment (25%) Maritime Special Operations Flotilla (MARSOF)	Florian Navy – 177,500 Florian Air Force – 25,020
Home Army	Northcliff District Whole Force Sustainment	1st Florian Division 2nd Florian Division Home Service Regiments Republican Guard Corps 8th Fighter Group 543rd Tactical Support Group 624th Reconnaissance Regiment (75%)	Florian Army – 92,500 Florian Air Force – 20,600

Deployments

Current

Deployment	Deployed Units	Parent Formation	Dates

Former

Deployment	Deployed Units	Parent Formation	Dates
Operation Dark Horse	Ad Hoc Units	Various	1685 AN
Yak Tail Banner Group (AMEAHL)	Elements of: 206th Army 207th Army	Army Group East	1685 AN – 1707 AN
	MARSOF	Fleet Command (Florian Navy)
Sanaman Mission to the Green Strip	MARSOF	Fleet Command (Florian Navy)	1689 AN
Operation Cobra	MARSOF	Fleet Command (Florian Navy)	1690 AN – 1691 AN
Operation Last Point	MARSOF	Fleet Command (Florian Navy)	1691 AN
Florian Expeditionary Force (Operation Retribution)	1st Florian Division 2nd Florian Division	Home Army	1692 AN –1695 AN
	Cuirassiers' Artillery Regiment	Republican Guard Corps
	Army Artillery Regiment	Home Service Regiments
Operation Python	Coastguard Norfolk Isles Squadron	Fleet Command	1705 AN – 1706 AN
	XXIV Corps	205th Army
	9th Fighter Regiment 31st Transport & Communications Regiment 624th Reconnaissance Regiment	Air Command
Exercise Driftwood	203rd Army	Army Group East	1706 AN
	Home Army 202nd Army 204th Army	Army Group West
Kapavian insurgency			1716 AN – 1717 AN
Operation Green Marauder	3rd Florian Armoured Division 41st Florian Assault Grenadier Division 13th Corps Commissariat Brigade	Army Group East	1719 AN – 1720 AN
	MARSOF	Fleet Command

Service branches

Florian Army

Home Army

Unit Name	Commandant	Garrison	Role	Equipment	Establishment	Status
Republican Guard Corps
Guards Brigade		Northcliff	Mechanised Infantry			Activated 1679
Cuirassiers Brigade Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron Cuirassiers' Brigade Engineer Squadron Cuirassiers' Reconnaissance Squadron 1st Cuirassiers' Regiment 2nd Cuirassiers' Regiment 3rd Cuirassiers' Regiment Cuirassiers' Artillery Regiment Cuirassiers' Brigade Commissariat Regiment		Northcliff	Armoured			Activated 1679
1st Reconnaissance Regiment		Northcliff St. Peter International Airport (FRAF Cantonment)	Special Reconnaissance			Activated 1679
1st (Florian) Division
2nd (Florian) Division
Home Service Regiments
Army Training Regiment		Arndale Camp (Longsight)	Basic Training			Activated 1672
Army Infantry Regiment		Montgomery Barracks (Longsight)	Parent Regt - Infantry			Activated 1672
Army Armoured Regiment			Parent Regt - Armour			Activated 1672
Army Artillery Regiment		Whalley Range Training Area (Las Andreas)	Parent Regt - Artillery			Activated 1672
Army Air Defence Regiment		Whalley Range Training Area (Las Andreas)	Parent Regt - Air Defence			Activated 1672
Army Commissariat Regiment		Arndale Camp (Longsight)	Parent Regt - Logistics & Admin			Activated 1672
Army Signals Regiment			Parent Regt - Signallers			Activated 1672
Army Engineering Regiment		Rusholme Barracks	Parent Regt - Engineers			Activated 1672
Army Provosts Regiment		Cheadle Barracks (Birmingham)	Parent Regt - Military Police			Activated 1672
General Service Regiment		Salford Docks Cantonment (Port Farrar)	Parent Regt - Specialists			Activated 1672

Army Group East

Unit Name	Commandant	Garrison	Role	Equipment	Establishment	Status
201st Army
I Corps 5th Florian Armoured Division 6th Florian Mountain Division 7th Volunteer Mountain Division 3rd Corps Commissariat Brigade	Lieutenant-General Carl Hayes	Longsight	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679
XIX Corps 10th Florian Armoured Division 11th Volunteer Assault Grenadier Division 13th Florian Mountain Division 4th Corps Commissariat Brigade	Lieutenant-General Omar Merrill	Victoria	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679
203rd Army
XVIII Corps 12th Florian Armoured Division 16th Florian Assault Grenadier Division 22nd Volunteer Cavalry Division 5th Corps Commissariat Brigade	Lieutenant-General Terrence Christian	Las Andreas	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679
XXII Corps 3rd Florian Armoured Division 9th Florian Armoured Division 6th Corps Commissariat Brigade	Lieutenant-General Malcom Andrewson	Port Farrar	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679
205th Army
XXIII Corps 41st Florian Assault Grenadier Division 52nd Volunteer Cavalry Division 12th Corps Commissariat Brigade	Lieutenant-General Lewis Pender	Diamond Harbour	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1685
XXIV Corps 42nd Florian Assault Grenadier Division 51st Volunteer Cavalry Division 13th Corps Commissariat Brigade	Lieutenant-General Benedict Spencer	Port Richard	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1685
206th Army
XXV Corps 43rd Florian Assault Grenadier Division 52nd Volunteer Cavalry Division 14th Corps Commissariat Brigade	Lieutenant-General Gordon Vincent	Sri Alba	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1695
XXVII Corps Florian Legion 16th Corps Commissariat Brigade	Lieutenant-General Garrett Grover	Outer Mesoun	Counter-Insurgency Force			Activated 1706 AN
Etourney Banner Group
XXVI Corps 19th Volunteer Grenadier Regiment of the Honourable Company 44th Florian Assault Grenadier Division 53rd Volunteer Cavalry Division 15th Corps Commissariat Brigade	Lieutenant-General Wallace Williamson	Etourney	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1695. Deployed in Jaaland 1707 AN. Redeployed to Etourney after The Troubles had concluded.

Army Group West

Unit Name	Commandant	Garrison	Role	Equipment	Establishment	Status
202nd Army
XVI Corps 4th Florian Police Division 14th Florian Grenadier Division 26th Florian Grenadier Division 7th Corps Commissariat Brigade		Meadowedge	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679
XVII Corps 15th Florian Grenadier Division 27th Volunteer Grenadier Division 33rd Florian Cavalry Division 8th Corps Commissariat Brigade		Bridgemoor	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679
204th Army
XV Corps 18th Florian Grenadier Division 28th Volunteer Grenadier Division 37th Volunteer Cavalry Division 9th Corps Commissariat Brigade		Dragonmoor	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679
XX Corps 17th Florian Assault Grenadier Division 20th Florian Grenadier Division 29th Florian Grenadier Division 10th Corps Commissariat Brigade		Stonehall	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679
XXI Corps 8th Florian Cavalry Division 25th Florian Grenadier Division 29th Florian Grenadier Division 35th Police Grenadier Division 11th Corps Commissariat Brigade		Oldhaven	Combined Arms Corps			Activated 1679

Florian Navy

A naval expansion programme commenced in 1707 AN as the Florian incorporation of Port Balaine into the Confederate States combined with the Çakari occupation of Thraci holdings changed the strategic balance of power in the Norfolk Isles. To ensure that the Florian maritime trade could not be throttled by a future naval blockade of the vulnerable coast by Çakaristan, the Maritime Armada of the Raspur Pact deployed a fleet to Port Balaine.

Whilst this would suffice in the interim, it would also be necessary for Floria to build up a blue water fleet of its own, expanding upon a navy that had previously focused upon coastal defence, the provision of a coastguard service, and the maintenance of a small colonial squadron. To this end naval commissioners were sent out to the shipyards of the Raspur Pact, especially of Natopia and New Alexandria to identify ship-classes likely to meet the needs of the Navy, whilst at the same time, officials toured the ports of the Florian South so as to identify the domestic shipbuilding capacity capable of sustaining the production of corvettes and auxiliary vessels.

Florian Air Force

Florian Air Command Commander: Colonel-General George Strelling
Unit	Sub-units	Aircraft	Notes
19th Bombardment Group	28th Bombardment Regiment 30th Bombardment Regiment 93rd Bombardment Regiment	F-11GM Florentine	Attached 203rd Army
22nd Attack Group	19th Attack Regiment 22nd Attack Regiment 33rd Attack Regiment	T-2/A-2 Saeqeh, T-3 Akóntio	Attached 201st Army
92nd Attack Group	325th Attack Regiment 326th Attack Regiment 327th Attack Regiment	T-2/A-2 Saeqeh, T-3 Akóntio	Attached 203rd Army
98th Attack Group	343rd Attack Regiment 344th Attack Regiment 345th Attack Regiment	T-2/A-2 Saeqeh, T-3 Akóntio	Attached 204th Army
307th Attack Group	370th Attack Regiment 371st Attack Regiment 372nd Attack Regiment	T-2/A-2 Saeqeh, T-3 Akóntio	Attached 202nd Army
8th Fighter Group	35th Fighter Regiment 36th Fighter Regiment 80th Fighter Regiment	FA-9 Banshee A	Attached Home Army
35th Fighter Group	39th Fighter Regiment 40th Fighter Regiment 41st Fighter Regiment	F-9 Ashavan II	Attached Army Group West
49th Fighter Group	7th Fighter Regiment 8th Fighter Regiment 9th Fighter Regiment	F-9 Ashavan II, F-17 Axarana	Attached Army Group East
543rd Tactical Support Group	8th Training Regiment 45th Training Regiment 162nd Training Regiment	T-2/A-2 Saeqeh, T-3 Akóntio	Attached Home Army
31st Transport & Communications Regiment		ADAPTOV Helicopter	Attached Fleet Command
624th Reconnaissance Regiment		F-12(PR) Pterosaur, UAV Reaper, VT-UAV 1 Tadpole	Attached Home Army (75%), Fleet Command (25%)

Equipment

Personal equipment

Name	Origin	Type	№ in Service	Image	Notes
Protective Equipment & Body Armour
Universal Service Helmet	Floria	Ballistic Nylon Helmet
Phoenix 2 Body Armour System	Phoenix	Body Armour
Uniforms
Service Uniform	Guilds of Apollonia	Garrison Uniform	-
Field Uniform	Phoenix	Field Uniform	-

Aircraft

Name	Origin	Type	Quantity	Photo	Notes
Fixed-wing aircraft
FA-9 Banshee A	Talenore	Multirole fighter aircraft	100		Delivered 1676–1679 AN
F-9 Ashavan II	Talenore	Air superiority fighter aircraft	175		Delivered 1676–1679 AN
F-12(PR) Pterosaur	Floria	Long-range photo reconnaissance aircraft (reduced radar cross-section)	18		"Jingdaoese intelligence officers can confirm the stealth ability of these planes. We haven't spotted a single one of them yet." —Wui Tsan, 1673 AN
F-13 Demon	Floria	Stealth air superiority fighter aircraft	220		Developed from F-12(PR) Pterosaur. Technology demonstrator.
F-17 Axarana	Raspur Pact	Stealth air superiority fighter aircraft	60		2x Production models received for evaluation 1699 AN. In service from 1704 AN.
T-2/A-2 Saeqeh	Unified Governorates	Trainer / Light Attack Aircraft	2,400		Delivered 1679 AN
T-3 Akóntio	Unified Governorates	Jet Trainer / Light Attack Aircraft	1,200		Delivered 1679 AN
F-137 Kingslayer	Floria	Gunship	3		Produced 1716 AN.
Rotary-winged aircraft
UH-3 ADAPTOV	Floria	Transport helicopter	100
SH-2 Lark	Floria	Scout helicopter	500
GH-4 Warthog	Floria	Helicopter gunship	400
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
UAV Reaper	Floria	Unmanned aerial vehicle	200		Modified target drone retrofitted with photo-reconnaissance pod
VT-UAV 1 Tadpole	Unified Governorates	Unmanned aerial vehicle	2,650		Delivered 1679 AN. Unmanned artillery spotter
UAV CLAW	Floria	Unmanned combat aerial vehicle	300		Developed under Project TUSK. Swarm concept, attack and scouting UCAV. Initial order of 300 for evaluation and proof of concept testing. Ordered 1687 AN. Recieved 1705 AN.
UAV Raider	Floria	Quadcopter Assault Drone	10		Developed under Project TUSK. Initial order of 10 for evaluation and proof of concept testing.ordered 1687 AN. Recieved Template:An.
Inactive Reserve
FLO Helicarrier	Floria	Helicarrier	1 ??		Rumours of the FRAF retrofitting salvaged Menelmacari gravimetric engines to the hulk of an ex-Florian capital ship sunk at Blythe during the War of Lost Brothers have been denied by the Florian Government as well as by the alleged facilitators of the technology transfer.

Air Defence

Name	Origin	Type	Quantity	Photo	Notes
Air defence weapon
M1673-L7 Avenger	Floria	Early warning radar	25
M1679-L6 Close-in Air Defence System	Nouvelle Alexandrie	Short range air defence system	2 batteries		Purchased 1679 for ₦ 470M. Purchase comprises x2 command posts and radars x12 launchers x480 Silver-I interceptor missile
M1680-L8 Longbow	Sanama	Ballistic missile defence system	1 battery		Purchased from Sanama Arms Industries 1680 AN
LaWS	Floria	Laser weapon	10
The Falcon	FIH Technologies	Air Defence System	1,100

Artillery

Name	Origin	Type	Quantity	Image	Notes
Mortars
81 mm mortar	FIH Technologies	81mm mortar	900 approx.
Howitzers
F206	FIH Technologies	Towed field gun	1,200 approx.
Self-propelled guns
BK-IV 155 mm self-propelled howitzer	Mishalan Arsenal	155 mm self-propelled howitzer / field gun	2,001		Evaluation piece received 1690 AN. x2,000 ordered 1692 AN.

Armoured vehicles

Name	Origin	Type	Quantity	Photo	Notes
Tanks
Wolverine Main Battle Tank	Floria	Main battle tank	1,100		Main armament:120 mm rifled gun with 47 rounds Operational range: 550 km. Maximum speed: 59 kmph. Introduced under project 1727.
T-120 Ghost	Floria	Stealth Tank	10		qty 10x T-113 redesigned to incorporate active camouflage technology developed by Titan Automotives and the University of Northcliff to protect military vehicles from detection by near infrared night vision devices, providing infrared stealth.
Infantry Fighting Vehicles
Rz.Kfz 1714 Razkampfwagen	Luix-Satyria Scientific-Production Association LLC et al	Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle	6,000		6,000x ordered, 1714 AN.
Spartan IFV	FIH Technologies	Infantry Fighting Vehicle	1,200		Developed and produced under Project 1727.
Reconnaissance Vehicles
Universal Carrier Scout	Floria	Light Scout Vehicle	1,200		All-electric battery-powered lightly-armoured personnel carrier / scout. Main armament: 23 mm anti-aircraft twin-barrelled autocannon. Endurance on single charge: 400km. Maximum speed 60km on road, 30km off-road. Discontinued in 1717 AN.
LAV-1	Floria	Light Scout Vehicle	3,000
LAV-2	Floria	Armoured car	25,000
Autonomous Armoured Vehicles
Colossus Drone	Floria	Autonomous Mobile Land Warfare Platform	100		Armed with two gattling guns, SAM and mortar launcher. Mortars can be replaced with gas launchers. Developed under Project TUSK. Can be used for defense or large scale assault on settlements.

Missiles

Name	Origin	Type	№ in Service	Image	Notes
AAM-1 Sonderwang	Unified Governorates	Missile – AAM	10,000		Purchased from the Allied Production Matrix – 1679
SA-1 Red Mist	Shireroth	Missile – SAM	600		Purchased from the Allied Production Matrix – 1679
X-69 Hypersonic	Floria	Missile - Hypersonic	1	File:X-69 Hypersonic.png	Experimental prototype – 1681
"From Floria With Love"	Floria	Missle - Themobaric	Undisclosed

Small Arms

Name	Origin	Type	Quantity	Image	Notes
Knives, Grenades, Miscellaneous Implements
Florian Cocktail (Tar, sulphur, petrol, sand, & wick)	Allied Production Matrix Domestic workshops	Petrol Bomb	6,275,510		Donated by Trans-Euran Command in 1672 AN. Domestic replenishment and production from 1686 AN
Scorpion bomb	Domestic workshops	Anti-personnel device	2,237,434		Entering production from 1686 AN
Pistols / Carbines / Rifles
M1525 9 mm Pistol	Allied Production Matrix	Pistol	49,961		Supplied by ESB Group in 1672. Licensed domestic production from 1686 AN.
M1581 7.62 mm Machine Carbine	Allied Production Matrix	Carbine	52,842		Supplied by ESB Group in 1672. Licensed domestic production from 1686 AN. Discontinued in 1711. Transferred to the Western Natopian Demesnial Forces, 1713 AN.
M1591 7.62 mm Rifle	Allied Production Matrix	Marksman Rifle	30,000		Supplied by ESB Group in 1672. Discontinued in 1711. Transferred to the Western Natopian Demesnial Forces, 1713 AN.
M1656 9 mm SMG	Allied Production Matrix	Submachine Gun	124,762		Supplied by ESB Group in 1672. Licensed domestic production from 1686 AN. Discontinued in 1711. Transferred to the Western Natopian Demesnial Forces, 1713 AN.
M1686 7.62 mm Assault Rifle	Mishalan Arsenal	Assault Rifle	530,000		x 530,000 ordered 1687 AN. Discontinued in 1711. Transferred to the Western Natopian Demesnial Forces, 1713 AN.
FLO M4A1	FIH Technologies	Assault rifle	125,000		Issued for special operations.
SA1680	FIH Technologies	Assault rifle			Avaliable in Carbine and LSW (Squad automatic weapon) forms. Standard service rifle weapon system. Variations on rifle depending on trade.
FLO Sharpshooter rifle	FIH Technologies	Marksman rifle			Secondary section assault weapon usually assigned to the sections best marksmen.
LR06	Farrar Technologies	Sniper rifle
Machine Guns
SAI MG1 5.56 mm Machine Gun	Sanama Arms Industries	Light Machine Gun	12,700		Purchased 1687 AN. Discontinued in 1718.
Polybolos 12.7 mm HMG	Allied Production Matrix	Heavy Machine Gun	25,125		Supplied by ESB Group in 1672 & Raspur Pact in 1679. Discontinued in 1718.
Silny Heavy Machine Gun	Mesoun Defence	Heavy Machine Gun			Introduced after Mesoun Crisis.
General Purpose Machine Gun	Floria	Light Machine Gun	250,000
Infantry Support Weapons
Waspsting Man-portable Air Defence System	Allied Production Matrix	Anti-Air	525		Supplied by Raspur Pact in 1679
Hornet Recoilless Rifle	Allied Production Matrix	Anti-Tank	2,257		Supplied by Raspur Pact in 1679. Discontinued in 1718.
Sabre Anti-Tank Rifle	FIH Technologies	Anti-Tank	24,000
Tankgewehr 13.2 mm Rifle	Allied Production Matrix	Anti-Materiel	1,525		Supplied by Raspur Pact in 1679
CP 60 "Cherry Picker"	Sanama Arms Industries	7.62 mm Marksman Rifle	1,000		Purchased 1687 AN

Support vehicles

Name	Origin	Type	Quantity	Image	Notes
Utility
Pod Armoured Personnel Carrier	Shireroth	Support Vehicle	18,000		In service – 1679
Snatch Land Rover	Shireroth	Support Vehicle	36,000		In service – 1679

Vessels

Name	Origin	Type	Quantity	Photo	Notes
Sharp Class	Floria	Aircraft Carrier	4
Auxiliary Vessels
Florimell-class Troop Landing Ship	Unified Governorates	Troop Landing Ship	80		Transferred from Benacia Command 1675
Armed trawlers	Floria	Naval trawler	215		Taken into service, 1680
Patrol Vessels
In-shore rigid-hulled inflatable patrol craft, various types	Floria	fast attack craft	1,500	-	Entered service 1680
Melusine-class Missile Boat	Constancia	Missile attack craft	25		Transferred from Imperial Constancian Armed Forces 1672.
Northman-class Corvette	Passio-Corum /  Constancia	Corvette	4		Transferred from Imperial Constancian Armed Forces 1672.
Submarines
FLO Etourney-class	Floria	Coastal submarine	25
Submersibles
Type 1 Operator Directed Torpedo	Floria	Human torpedo	200	-	Entered service 1680
Type 2 Operator Directed Torpedo	Floria	Human torpedo	420	-	Entered service 1680
Surface Combatant Vessels
Protector-class missile frigate	Floria	Missile frigate	20		Entered service 1693 AN

Static defences

Given Floria's unfavourable strategic position, the War Office's categorical imperative was to harden the national infastructure against attack and establish defensive lines so as to ensure that the country could not be swiftly divided and overrun by any putative invader.

One of Floria's great strengths was its famously overactive construction industry, and the national familiarity with pouring concrete in vast quantities was duly leverged in the cause of national defence.

Frontier defensive zones

Starting in 1679, the Florian Army commenced a programme of "bunkerisation" that saw the construction of hundreds of thousands of bunkers in a belt of fortifications 72km in depth and running parallel to Floria's border with Jingdao, screening Floria's primary western population centres and the tenuous land corridor connecting Las Andreas with Port Farrar in the east.

Within the fortification belt constituting the frontier defensive zone bunkers would be installed in every viable location from hilltops and woodlands to villages and towns, even in such incongruous locations as hospital car parks and regional post offices.

The bunkers were constructed of concrete, steel and iron and ranged in size from one- or two-person pillboxes with gun slits to large underground nuclear bomb shelters intended to serve as Corps command headquarters. The most common type of bunker was a small concrete dome set into the ground with a circular bottom extending downwards, just large enough for one or two people to stand inside. These domes were prefabricated and transported to their final positions, where they were assembled. They consist of three main elements: a 3 m diameter hemispherical concrete dome with a firing slit, a hollow cylinder to support the dome and an outer wall with a radius 60 cm larger than the cylinder. The gap between the cylinder and outer wall is filled with earth.

These fortifications and defensive works would receive renewed attention and investment following the deterioration of relations with fellow Raspur Pact ally Shireroth during 1723 AN.

Ranks

Officers

Table of Grades and Ranks of the Confederate States Armed Forces

Grade	Insignia	RP Rank Code	Rank (Army)	Rank (Navy)	Rank (Air Force)	Pay

OF-10: Field Marshall/Admiral of the fleet(Honoury role only)
OF-9: General/Admiral
OF-8: Lieutenant-General/Vice Admiral
OF-7: Major-General/Rear Admiral
OF-6: Brigadier/Commodore
OF-5: Colonel/Captain
OF-4: lieutenant-Colonel/Commander
OF-3: Major/Lieutenant Commander
OF-2: Captain/Lieutenant
OF-1: Lieutenant/Midshipman
OF-A: Aspirant
OR-9: Warrant Class Officer Class 1
OR-8: Warrant Class Officer Class 2
OR-7: Staff/Colour Sergeant/Chief Petty Officer
OR-5 to 6: Sergeant/Petty Officer
OR-4: Corporal/Bombardier/Leading Rating
OR-3: Lance Corporal
OR-1 to 2: Private/Able Rating