Prussia

The rulers of northern Germany did not possess sufficient money to recruit the necessary number of soldiers in a critical moment, as it was done in France. Therefore the country pursued the policy of creating a strong national army. There had been a tendency among Electorate nobles to join efforts in the struggle against their common enemy. The Thirty Years' War resulted in the formation of the Brandenburg-Prussian army. The main principle of its management was its division into counties. Each county was obliged to take care of the army within its territory. If the county did not supply the necessary resources, the army took them. Such counteraction between the military and civil managerial staff gradually created a system which allowed the nation to supply the army without plundering the county itself. One of the problems was lack of people. During the Thirty Years' Was, obligatory conscription was introduced, which grew to a much bigger scale during the rule of Friedrich-Wilhelm I. Officers snatched any fit people and recruited them to the regiments. But this process was steadily brought to some degree of order and a fair recruitment system was created. This resulted in the strong army which had been formed by the second half of the 18th century.

Unique units - Musketeer, 18th century, Hussar