People's Army of the Liberated States (FT)

""The Party's absolute leadership over the military is a defining feature of the People's Self-Determination. The people of the Liberated States cherish peace. We will not engage in aggression or expansion. But we are confident that we will defeat any aggressor.""

- Qin Yingjie, Chairman of the Commission for Self-Determination

The People's Army of the Liberated States (革命人民军) is the armed wing of the People's Liberation Party and the de facto regular armed forces of the Democratic Federation of Liberated States, a member of the Interstellar Union of Revolutionary States. The commander-in-chief of the RPA is the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, who is also concurrently the Chairman of the People's Liberation Party, currently Qin Yinjie. The RPA has four main branches, the Ground Force, Space Force, Armed Police Force, and Strategic Intelligence Corps. The Chunmin People's Army is the second-largest military represented in the United Front, with around 50.96 million troops.

Ground Force
The Revolutionary People's Army Ground Force (解放國人民军) is the terrestrial service branch of the Revolutionary People's Army, and the largest branch of the RPA. The RPAGF has roughly 5,889,000 troops deployed in nine Banner Armies, which are roughly equivalent in size to an Area Army in the Imperial Army. The RPAGF has multiple sub-branches of service, which are the infantry, armour, artillery, aerospace aviation, aerospace defence, orbital divers, military engineering, anti-chemical, signals, special operations, reconnaissance, electronic warfare, naval warfare, and more. These branches of service have their own respective military education institutions.

People's Revolutionary Guards
The People's Revolutionary Guards is an auxiliary branch of the People's Army, and is also the largest branch in terms of manpower, comprising almost one third of the People's Army's total size alone. The PRG acts as a support force for the People's Army Ground Force, as well as a militia and auxiliary police force within the Liberated States. The recruitment standards of the PRG are relaxed compared to the other service branches, allowing for a vastly larger pool of recruits. Partially a propaganda force, the PRG feature heavily in Liberated States propaganda and are trained and indoctrinated to be fanatically loyal to the Liberates States.

During wartime, PRG forces most often continue to act as rear-guard forces and secure the ground taken by the regular Ground Forces. At times, they are also used as highly-motivated shock troops deployed in the vanguard of offensives, with their high motivation and bravery unnerving the enemy and inspiring the regular troops to fight harder. Due to their often inferior equipment and highly dangerous front line assignments, PRG units often suffer heavy casualties, and regular Ground Forces troops are known to hold a low opinion of the People's Guard, regarding them as "little more than unprofessional cannon fodder with inferior training and equipment that had to be kept in check through propaganda and political officers".

It is rumoured that a large portion of PRG troops are actually comprised of penal troops, but the Central Propaganda Directorate continuously denies this.