Components of National Defense (Zigala)

The National Defense (Zigalese: An ninh Quốc Phòng) of Zigala, as defined in the Zigalese Constitution, is a term which broadly describes the relationship between the Zigalese state and the its national defense apparatus, of which the most clearly visible is its military. This relationship is overseen by the Ministry of Defense, with ceremonial and ultimate powers respectively at the hands of the Zigalese monarch(s) and their foremost advisor (usually the current Minister-Chief of the People's Assembly, the democratically-elected Zigalese head of government).

Zigala does not consider its military to be a separate entity from the civilian government, having abolished its Armed Forces in that sense in 1965 in the midst of a period of increasing pacifist and anti-military sentiments in the country, austerity, and  normalization of relations between Zigala and Fengjiang. As a result, the National Defense apparatus and all of its components are formally under the purview of the Zigalese Civil Service, its personnel treated as part of the government-employed civilian workforce. This unique arrangement was sweeping in its effect at the time: it placed oversight over the military completely in the hands of the Zigalese government, prohibited its participation in politics and the civilian judiciary process at all levels, and ensured that military bureaucracy and civilian bureaucracy were one in the same.

As of 2022, the Zigalese National Defense consists of a land, naval, air, cyberspace and strategic defense, and an unofficial space component. Zigala is considered a leading military power in Capricornia, enjoying a profusion of cooperation and joint research with members of the Tavaric Treaty Organization since the alliance's inception, and is perhaps second only in raw military strength to its neighbor and geopolitical rival, Hyperaustrea.