Royal Marines

The Royal marines are an elite military force whose purpose is to be the personal miltary of the monarch. They are resposible for the protection of the reigning monarch and the defense of the royal family. As they are sworn not only to the existing King or Queen, but to the throne of Woodangees, in the event of a monarchs death the Marines would almost immedietly shift to defending whoever the presumed heir would be. In the event the death was by assassination, an event that would be regarded as a devastating failure of the Royal Marines, they would also seek to avenge the monarchs death is possible. The Royal Marines are seperate from the rest of the military
With their roots in the Woodangian Civil War, the Royal Marines started off by recruiting amongst the veterans of the Royalist forces as well as absorbing multiple royalist militias, leading to controversing as some of their early high ranking members where acused of and sometimes admitted to commiting war crimes during the war.

Logistics

Upkeep

The budget of the Royal Marines is decided by Parliament, as part of a governmental checks and balances, although there are limits to how much they can cut the budget by or to, to prevent them from attempting to undermine their strength.

Recruitment

The Royal Marines tend to focus recruitment efforts amonst heavily pro-royalist communities.

History

The Royal Marines were formed in the aftermath of the Civil War by King Nicholas III of Woodangees as a branch of military loyal to him and his reign, seeking to protect himself from the aspects of the Woodangian military that were formally fighting against him in the war.

Historical loyalties

The Royal Marines are sworn soly to the reigning monarch, with their oath making them swear fealty to the monarch and to the throne, but making no mention of the constitution, parliament or any other aspect of Woodangian government.

Type

Special Forces