Corps of Watchmen
The Corps of Watchmen is the police force of the Chryse, they are responsible for mainaining public order. Formerly, Chryse had two main military forces: the Verionist Benacian Army, and the Iron Militia. The VBA had a standing army of 215.000; and a reserve unit of over 7 million. Military conscription was compulsory. The VBA was almost entirely commanded by former Iron Militia officers, and it operated according a strict chain of command. The Verionist Benacian Army was under command of the Viceroy in her role as Commander-in-Chief. Daily operations and decision-making were originally delegated to the Lady Commander of the Armed Forces, Lyanna Verion.
The Iron Militia meanwhile remained separate from the state, but maintained a sizable force in the Verionist Republic, which is the heartland of the Iron Company. The main role of the militia remains to safeguard the interests of the Company first.
Whilst this force did a credible job of defending the city during the Second Amokolian War, two decades of defections, desertions, disorders, and evacuations, had whittled down this force in much the same way that the territory of Verionist Benacia had eroded down to the point that little more remained than Chryse itself.
Following the creation and dissolution of the United Benacian Republic, those forces which had remained had pledged allegiance to Isor Isor as their Captain-General. The new Viceroy was not however notably concerned with matters martial and the United Benacian Defence Force was allowed to become a moribund entity.
As of 1689 AN, the Corps of the Watchmen, with 31,075 officers distributed across 132 duty stations, remained the mainstay of the public order forces within the city whilst the Retinue of the Captain-General constituted a largely ceremonial force in three understrength regiments - the Palatine Guard, the Noble Guard, and the Regiment of Artillery and Foot - comprising a total strength of 2,360 men-at-arms, six field guns of the old-Shirerithian pattern, and two armoured cars. The Corps of Watchmen also operated four coastguard vessels, four aircraft (one fixed wing and three helicopters), and a radar complex attached to the Imperial Chrysean Airport, which serves as the city state's international airport and aspires to be a regional transportation hub.
