The Militia are citizen-soldiers, with barely any training, that willfully take arms and defend their homeland against invaders, rebels, traitors or rioters. They are common people, like clerks, doctors, teamsters and the like that when the time comes they reunite in the Palace, put on the Military Green and take up the streets. They share the same uniform as their trained counterparts.
Due to them being part-time soldiers they lack the training and professionalism of a full-fledged army, or even a conscripted one, but they make up for it with numbers.
The number of militia squads that spawn depend on how many people are near the Palace at the moment of the conflict. These units are available since the World Wars Era and only when the Constitution article of Armed Forces is set to "Militia".
Their effectiveness can be raised temporarily if the Military Drills edict is issued.
| Tropico 5 Military Squads | |
|---|---|
| Tropican | Colonial Infantry • Commandos • Elite Infantry • Infantry • Militia Squad • Modern Infantry • Special Forces • Tank Squad • Rangers • Elite Rangers • APC Squad |
| Enemy | Angry Mob • Enemy Commandos • Enemy Elite Infantry • Enemy Infantry • Enemy Modern Infantry • Enemy Tanks • Pirates • Rebels • Royal Colonial Infantry |