Chiseian Armed Forces

The Chiseian Armed Forces (兵部 Hyōbu) encompass the Army, the Navy and Air Force of Chisei. The Chancellor of Chisei is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and appoints the Minister of War.

In the present day, Chiseian strategic goals center around deterring and defending against the possibility of an invasion from the east by Arshavat via West Kuiju, as well as power projection within the Varunan Ocean in support of trade routes, regional stability, and other Chiseian overseas interests.

Chisei maintains the XXth largest defense budget in the world and the second largest armed forces in size among the member states of the Heian Cooperation Organization, of which it is a founding member. Chisei also maintains the third largest in the world after Achtotlan and Zusea.

Personnel
The Grand King of Chisei is the ceremonial Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, but like all secular Royal powers this authority is actually exercised by the elected Chancellor of Chisei and the Ministry of War. The Minister of War (incumbent: Shiji Kiyonaga) is responsible for the direct administrative control of the Armed Forces.

Organisation & Service Branches
The Chiseian are divided into 5 major service branches:

Royal Navy (Kaigun)



 * Naval Special Forces
 * Naval Air Service
 * Direct Action Force
 * Submarine Force
 * Royal Naval Police
 * Royal Marine Corps

Royal Air Force (Kūgun)



 * RAF Special Forces
 * RAF Ground Corps
 * Territorial Air Defence Corps
 * Expeditionary Command
 * Royal Space Corps
 * Royal Air Force Police

Weapons of Mass Destruction
Chisei has been a nuclear capable state since 1948, and currently maintains a force of 1,089 warheads, the third largest arsenal of nuclear weapons in the world after those maintained by Achtotlan and Zusea. The relatively rapid Chiseian development of a nuclear deterrent through Project Seikaiju was motivated by a desire to ward of potential invasions from regional rivals such as Yamatai and Arshavat, the former of which had already come close to the destruction of the Chiseian state on two occasions.

By the 1970s, Chisei had largely fully developed it's current nuclear strategy. The deterrent consists of a combination of large strategic and smaller tactical warheads. The former are delivered via, {[wp|Cruise Missiles}} and various other munitions from aircraft, road and rail-based launchers and a fleet of ballistic missile submarines. The tactical component of the deterrent meanwhile may be delivered through landmines, torpedoes, artillery shells and light air-launched munitions. The use of either component of the deterrent is restricted to situations in which the Chiseian heartland is considered to be in serious danger of outside invasion or other forms of destruction such as enemy nuclear strikes, and access to warheads is tightly controlled by civilian bodies, with the Chancellor of Chisei and their government having ultimate authority over the use of weapons of mass destruction.

Chisei does possess a considerable stockpile of chemical weapons of various types, including notable substances such as and, but since 2003 the Armed Forces have been gradually dismantling these weapons and have committed themselves to total dissolution of the chemical deterrent by 2025.

Experiments with weaponisation of biological agents were conducted by the Armed Forces throughout the early-mid 20th century. Currently, the Chiseian government denies possessing any biological weapons.