A question about military manpower vs population

[Starhawk]

Universe 6: Icaran Universe
Nation: Icaran Star Empire (Size 358 planets)

The actual percentage is tiny, it's a lot of people to be sure, but it's not a society geared up for war. Maybe industrially as churning out SDs etc takes alot of resources and maintenance just as much. But actual human population, well 0.005% says it all. For the UK at the moment say 190,000 total in the armed force (accoring to the MoD) out of 60 Million. Thats what 0.3% in peace time and after almost a decade of constant cuts (let's be honest here an increase in the budget less than inflation is a cut)

So if anything Icaran society is very unmillitary, people outside of the shipyard/fleet base planets could probably go years without even seeing any evidence of the millitary.

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Yeah I suppose you are right about that I mean granted in the Icaran Empire there are whole worlds that are devoted solely to the production of weapons for the Empire but for the most part the average citizen would only see the signs of the military in Planetary Defense Forces (which are not "regular" military) or if a division of warships dropped by.

You actually gave me a great idea El_Phil I should point out how for the most part most worlds in the Empire go decades without seeing any signs of the Royal Military beyond what they see in the news.