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Military
Unlike other countries, we have full understanding on how a total war is fought. Warfare is much more than just soldiers killing enemy, it’s also a test on how well you organize your country and how efficient you can utilize your economy and manpower. Countless countries in history lost the war because they only focus on winning the frontline but ignore the “home front”. Dorgania indeed has a strong military, but its more than just having the largest standing army. We also planned extensively on troop mobilization, economy mobilizations, infrastructures, and chain of command.
First, the troops. Dorgania practices universal conscription on all our free citizens. Liable men and women come of age must serve and receive training for a period before they’re discharged as reserve. That way when the war breaks out, we will have millions of trained manpower to draw from. We also welcome volunteers as career soldiers for better salary and other benefits. You’ll find that citizens will cheer for you, shops will give you discounts and you’re more likely to be engaged. We even offer opportunities for slaves to earn their freedom. When situation calls, we will seek out capable slaves that belong to military and offer them the choice. They’ll serve extended period with less salary than others, but they’ll be given temporary citizen status in the duration. If they serve valiantly, upon retirement their citizen status will become permanent, and they can enjoy the rest of their lives as free man. We call it: “Service guarantees citizenship!”
About our economy mobilization. Our industries have been structured in the way that can be easily converted into war economy. We’ve also made several plans about relocating crucial industries in case enemy breach into our territory. For the industries that can’t be moved like farms we’ll use scorched earth tactics. Soil will be salinized, and wells will be poisoned to have the invaders die from thirst under our desert sun. Don’t worry, Water Spirit can easily fix them once we recapture the land.
Over the years we have constructed lots of fortifications to help with war effort. The most crucial and famous one is obviously the Great Wall of Dorgania. It’s not just a mere wall, it’s a massive complex of defensive infrastructures that can not only passively defend upcoming attack (even flying enemy), but also serves as a base to launch preemptive expeditions to expel monsters further from our border. In case the wall is lost, we still have secondary bases like Tajurata Fort to be used to reorganize and recapture the wall. Currently we’re building one more of such base by utilizing an abandoned village that used to be habited by 4 dark elves.
Finally, let’s talk about the pinnacle of our military: Dorganian General Staff. Dorgania is the only country with such organization, as the ruling class in Amagal are too proud to share authority while Begus and Central are too peaceful to give military so much power. Remember when I said I might become some “secondary prime minister”? That’s because I’m not only work as a commander but also as the Chief of General Staff. My staffs are filled with some of the most capable and renowned generals in our country and our job is drawing up war plans in peace time, treating everyone (monsters and human nations) as potential enemy, and assume military command when the war breaks out. If things go FUBAR, His Majesty can even grant us emergency powers to make the king our only superior, meaning we can directly command other branches of civil ministers to mobilize the entire country for war effort, temporarily turning Dorgania into a war machine. We have carefully assessed the political situations in every country and mapped out their roads, forest, mountains, rivers, settlements and other geological feature to plan for long term strategic objective, short term tactical goal, optimal advance route and supply line, time tables of the entire campaign, potential enemy resistance and how to crush them, as well as estimated cost, casualties and benefits.
For example, one of our many plans to deal with monsters in case they breach all of our walls and forts goes like this:
1. Lure the monster army to faunas of our indigenous monster girls.
2. Water Spirit will convince monster girls to protect their habitats and fight the invading monsters. Thus both sides of unkillable monsters will fall into an endless loop of being killed and respawn.
3. Monster army will be severely disorganized during the chaos. Our army can then surround pockets of divided monsters and drive them out of the wall, a handful at a time, until all the invading monsters are cleared.
4. Quickly reinforce the wall to prevent invaders from returning.
Details are classified.
We heard about the grim news of an upcoming titan army commanded by Raziel. But do not worry! Dorganian General Staff is already working around the clock forming up war plans against them! Our military will also be constantly updated with new training and new weapons that are several times more powerful than any magic in the world! We Dorganians hail from the burning ashes of our old country! Heaps of walking scraps and metal are child’s play compared to the hell we’ve been through! We need you all! Join Dorganian military and save the world! Service guarantees citizenship!