Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20160826011245

Generally when the empire is in a time of dire need all males over the age of 18 will be conscripted into the imperial army, all those over 50 will form the town militias.

When the empire is not at war or in such a dire need for troops only 35% of the population will be conscripted. (With border troops being switched out every 3 years.)

Every soldier is sent to a boot camp and trained in the basic arts of war. Most becoming either spear men or cross bowers. A few become horsemen or axe men.

This means the Xinese are able to field massive armies. Armies so large it keeps most from ever invading or even coming near Xin.

(Still trying to work out numbers but the Imperial army at any given time would number 85,000 men strong and it has been record at his height to be at 1 million or more.) 