State Militias

The State Militias are a major faction in the setting. Major armed organisations with the official backing of the Confederacy government, they make for formidable opponents against you.

Introduction
The Confederate dependence on State Militias waned quickly in the wake of the American Civil War. While the doctrine of States' Rights meant they were never formally abolished or disbanded, they were generally marginalised after the victory in 1866 - sidelined by the increased prominence of the victorious Army, which then proceeded to attack Mexico and conquer Central America.

In the wake of these vast conquests, however, the Militias have been slowly making a comeback due to military exigencies. The swift resurgence of strength of the Union, in the wake of the Reconstruction movement, has forced the Confederacy to focus its military resources against its old northern foe. This, in turn, has left its southern territories thinly guarded, and the Confederacy has been compelled to re-empower the State Militias.

The 1901 Militia Operations Act has only entrenched this power even more. While the newly created states in Mexico and Cuba were empowered to raise militias among their white populations, the militias of the original states were also empowered to operate in any other state with the permission of the host state, or to operate in any territory without need for permission from local governments. Militias were also empowered to create naval units, with their own ships or using patrol boats designed by the Confederacy (mainly the Mark I and Mark II patrol boats).

In-Game
The heavily empowered and heavily armed Militias often outstrip even Confederate Army units in their zeal for enforcing the rule of the Confederacy in the territory, and as such have gained a reputation for force and brutality.

Some such organisations include:


 * Florida Militia Naval Force
 * Texas State Naval Patrol
 * Louisiana Naval Militia
 * Alabama Naval Patrol
 * Cuban Patriot Squadron
 * Yucatan Marine Patrol