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The Defense Forces of Nokhchiin

The Defense Forces of Nokhchiin are currently in the process of purchasing new equipment as the current equipment
is somewhat outdated. A total overhaul of the armed forces has been called. The Defense Forces are looking for
reliable weapons that will not fail the operator.

Army of Nokhchiin

Military Strength/Man Power
Military Age: 18
Total Man Power: 700,00
Conscription: None
Percent of GDP: 14%

Divisions/Units

Equipment(Small Arms)







-Like I said I need some help with this, I have had my nation state for a while
but I have never ventured into the forums so I really don't know how this works.
All help is welcome. Thank you!

No one wants to help me?

Well since you've only let a day go by, there's not a lot of time for people to get around to it.

But hey, I'm a nice guy, so I'll bite. First off it's sort of hard to help ya if I don't know what you need help with. So what's the biggest problem? We'll work down from there.

I would be willing to help you. What do you need?

So thou dost seeketh the ancient knowledge of II?

First, thine musteth readest the sacred Stickies, whose arcane knowledge of ancient military lore wilt be of invaluable assistance to thy quest.

Second, thy mustest decideth whether thou wanteth a defensive or offensive military. An offensive military art best for invadething other countries, plunderesting their resources, and rapething their womenfolks. A defensive military art besteth for savething thy ass from the imperialistic hordes of evil nations who doeth evil in the sight of the LORD God.

Third, thee shalt decideth if thy art on an island in which case a navy wilt be essential, in rugged terrain where thou needest trained ground troops and an experienced air force, an underground city where thy only needeth protection from WMD pumped underground and enemy godrods, giant metal penises dropped from satellites.

Only then wilt thee gaineth true knowledge of the art of the warrior.

I need help with organizing my army and where I can purchase equipment.

You go here to find your defense budget
http://nsdossier.texasregion.net/main.aspx

For purchasing equipment you can look at a storefront. Some sell RL equipment while others sell fictional designed hardware. Although I have some amounts of the latter I don't have a storefront for now for a myriad of reasons besides the fact I don't think it's the right time for it.

For storefronts with some decent, well thought fictional, but realistic weapons for sale, I recommend the listing of storefronts which exists on the offsite link below:

http://z4.invisionfree.com/NSDraftroom/index.php?showtopic=1772

Regarding Army Organization, the simplest way is to copy&paste military organization from RL countries. Basically the structure is the following in order of smallest to largest:

Fireteam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireteam) - Squad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squad) - Platoon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platoon) - Company (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_%28military_unit%29) - Battalion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battalion) - Regiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiment) - Division (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_%28military%29) - Corps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps) - Field Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_army) - Army Group (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_group)

Example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Army

Because most just take US Army as basis and as your economy isn't very developed despite your larger population, I'm afraid that you won't have the best army around. I wish I could have more advices to give, but anyway there is not a "HowTo: Make a good NationStates military", you'll have go after it yourself as well.

Thank you for all the help!

If you're looking for RL (real-life) equipment to buy, I'd reccomend the UEMS storefront as it has I think the biggest collection of RL stuff.
The link is in my signature at the bottom of this post.