Alaskan Armed Forces (Russian America)

The Alaskan Armed Forces is the second largest in North America, and only second to the United States in military capabilities. Total strengh in 300,000 of all ranks. Conscription is only enforced at a time of war, with exemptions granted to conscentious objectors and certain pacifist groups.

The Alaskan military was descended from Russian units in Alaska in the 19th and 20th century. Several of these units were successful in the Russo-Japanese War, where they are credited in the victory in Mukden over the Japanese. In World War I, they served on the Eastern Front. In the Alaskan Civil War that followed, many units deserted to the Alaskan Soviet Republic, some to Sonoma, New Albion, Oregon, and New Russia. When the AFDR was founded, all the Armed Forces of the former Alaskan states have been integrated, including those of Alaska.

Although undoubtedly based on the military of the Russian Empire, the Alaskan Armed Forces developed a distinctive character based on its proximity to the United States and Borealia. Still, the Armed Forces had a good relationship with Russia and the other former Soviet republics, sharing certain military equipment though Alaska mostly produces its own designs.