Frisian Military
The Frisian military is formed up of regiments trained and equipped by each of the merchant families within the League. Young men and women are recruited from within a merchant family’s locale of governance. Larger richer families are expected to supply a greater amount of troops as well as high quality troops to the army of the League. These troops fight under armies led by prominent generals from each of the families selected by the Vergadering. In turn, these elected generals choose their own officer staffs to lead their armies. These generals lead from anywhere from a four year term to a lifetime term. Every four years a general comes under review of the Vergadering to evaluate his or her performance. If it is satisfactory, he retains his position, if not, a new general make replace him. This keeps each general in top shape so as to hold his position for as long as possible. The major problem with this system of leadership is that, unlike the Argaun sense of unity, which allows for generals and troops of different areas to fight well together in any given situation, the Frisian merchant politics causes some leadership disputes and turmoil to disrupt the army. It is common to see a regiment refuse to fight because a general or officer is leading them from a rival merchant family.
Structure
The Frisian army has no set standard to its training and the level of skill varies widely depending on the area of its recruitment. Regiments mostly consist of the standard pike and shot, although they typically have a larger cavalry tradition than most other countries save New
Ametria. The Frisian carabineers are some of the best light shock cavalry available on Serrus.
The Frisian navy is organized similarly like the army. Each merchant family able to afford a fighting ship is required by the League to, during times of war; heed the call to fight for Frisia. Each ship is staffed and crewed by officers and sailors trained by a specific merchant family
and during times of general peace, have total control over their ship. Even during times of peace, the League may call some ships to duty for one reason or another. The Frisians have an extremely proud naval tradition and unlike their army, the Frisian navy has a strong history
and dedicated sailors and officers. Rarely has a Frisian naval armada been defeated since its inception at the birth of the league.
