Benacian Labour Reserve

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Conscription and penitentiary based labour reserve of the Benacian Union; enrolment in which is regularly used as punitive measures. Sentences for mundane, non-political, crimes, passed by the various tribunals of the Benacian Union, are frequently commuted to a concomitant period of servitude in the labour reserve.

The BLR is organised into penal labour regiments at the bailiwick-level, with penitent labourers being available to expend either in the furtherance of projects initiated by the civic authorities or else in support of the Benacian Union Defence Force and Benacia Command. These tasks can range from agricultural labour to battlefield obstacle removal work, but most commonly will entail the expenditure of the penitent on any number of ongoing construction projects.

In 1706 AN 1,585,525 subjects were classed as protected persons after being assigned to the Labour Reserve in lieu of punishment.