Armed Forces of Hulstria and Gao-Soto

The military of Greater Hulstria consists of these main branches; His Imperial Majest's Armed Forces, His Imperial Majesty's Imperial Navy, His Imperial Majesty's Imperial Air Corps, the Imperial Marines Corps, and the Imperial Guard. The modern day military of Hulstria came about after the Congress of Kien in 2551. The military of Greater Hulstria is headed by the Emperor of Hulstria, who acts the Supreme Commander, and appoints major military leaders but does not appoint the Minister of Defense. The Imperial Marine Corps is the oldest military branch of the Imperial Crownlands Greater Hulstria as it was founded in the 1640s by Franz I of Hulstria during the Hulstrian Rebellion from Luthori; the Imperial Guard, while considered a military branch, is the personal protection force of the Emperor of Hulstria. The Hulstrian Ministry of Defense has policy control over the military and supervising power of the the activity of its subordinate agencies though the Imperial Diet, Hulstria's legislature, has the power to declare war, and to institute other reforms as well within that Ministry; each branch has a Field Marshall (or Air Marshal, Admiral etc, depending on the branch) and their own chain of command. Other parts of the military include the Civil Defense Service, subordinate to the Ministry of Defense, and the Imperial Reserves, the reserve branch of the Hulstrian military.