Yeoman Military
Due to the incentives that a person receives for serving in the Yeomanry militia, enlistment is entirely voluntary, and the Yeoman government has never had any trouble meeting their needs for manpower. Because of its voluntary nature, morale is very high and the soldiers are both proud and energetic in their work. The soldiers of the Yeomanry are mostly spearmen and crossbowmen. The mountaineers provide heavy, pole-armed troops and light slingers. The greater freeholders furnish the small cavalry contingents, and they equip their peasants with armor, a hand weapon, and a bow or crossbow of some kind, and many own polearms as well. Demi-humans are enlisted in time of need, for they too are electors of the land. Elvish spear and bow unites, dwarvish mailed foot, and halfling light troops are brought to the field when the army of the Yeomanry sallies forth. Distrust of its neighbors, combined with a strong sense of pride and nationalism, means that the Yeomanry refuses to import mercenaries to defend its people and resources, although it is a fairly common sight to see refugees from Sterich complementing Yeoman regulars.