Although I intend to take over the nonviolently and with a minimum of bloodshed, it has occurred to me that there may be some people who will resist my cunning plans and/or mass hypnosis. It will be necessary therefore, to have a standing military, which will also come in handy for dealing with rebellions and conducting secret projects involving alien spacecraft.

    The Military is of course under the direct command of the Imperial Commander, a rank 1 position on the High Council. The military system will be divided into two main parts: The officers and the grunts. The grunts are accorded the rank of 15, one higher than the normal peon, the Officers are accorded the rank of 9, one higher than that of Peasant. This is to encourage joining into armed forces.

    The Officers will not be required to actively take place in combat, they will simply sit back and coordinate the fighting. Grunts will of course be sent into battle and, except in care cases, will be considered expendable. When one enlists in the army, their intelligence is the deciding factor into where exactly they are placed.

 Weaponry:

    As per the Vegetable Warfare section, all of the enlisted troops, the grunts, will be armed with the standard military issue M22-Zucchini. But we shall not limit our power to the fruits and vegetables, no, we shall tap the power of the animal kingdom also!

      GX-7 Tactical Attack Gerbil:

      Armed with small Napalm/C4, depending on circumstances, explosives, these walking
      bombs can creep undetected into enemy territory where they can be detonated, causing
     minor structural damage, as well as burns to living things, and covering everything with
     a hail of gerbil insides. Will definitely affect enemy morale.

    "Death from the Trees" Squirrel Ranger Corps:

    Who says only humans can be useful in aerial assault? Armed with self-destruct bombs as
    mentioned above, or with surveillance cameras, Squirrel rangers will parachute down into
    the treetops and roofs of the city where they can scamper happily until they explode.

    PX-2 Mango Mines:

    People hate to step in rotten fruit, but now it's even worse. Combine worm infested
    plant byproducts with standard land mine technology and you have the ultimate
    in places where one should not step. Because of their easy recognizeability after
    the first few detonations, these are best employed as decoys, forcing the enemy
    to step in places where real, buried, mines have been laid.
 

Tactics:

    Our primary tactic in war is to avoid fighting. Fighting generally results in people being killed which results in less taxes. In fact, even executions would be looked down upon. The best way of course, is simply to have everyone want to be part of the Empire. Sadly though, there are those that, for some odd reason, like our world's current political system.

    To deal with these people, we will rely heavily on our loyal (i.e., brainwashed) subjects to change their views, perhaps aided by a few imperial regiments to pacify those who actually raise an army.

   It is a probable inevitability (same as a definite possibility) that force of arms will be necessary. In more drastic cases, we will probably need to use force of weapons also. In such cases we have a selection of strategies and tactics that we may use, guaranteed to at very least demoralize the enemy.

        -The F.S.D. Maneuver-
        The Flying Squirrels of Death are the cornerstone of our aerial assault forces.
        Modified bombers will let loose scores of the fuzzy creatures over enemy territory.
        Unlike the specially trained Squirrel rangers, these will not be equipped with bombs,
        simply having them crawl around should be enough to confuse the enemy. Squirrel
        Rangers may however, be used instead, or be intermixed.

       - The Hand of Death -
      This tactical maneuver consists of a very simple principle: Whoever I say is dead, dies.
      Much like the Supreme Court's ability to declare other's dead, but used on an entire
      area, living conditions will fall, the entire area will officially no longer exist. This will
      eventually result in a revolt by those of the area who wish to begin existing again.

       - Operation Poison Rodent -
       This combat maneuver is designed to be used against large armies, the kind that could
        be produced by large economically stable areas, the kind that could successfully stand
        against things such as The Hand of Death. Rats, exposed to extreme radiation and
        fitted with tiny poison capsules in their mouth, then slightly starved, will be released
        into enemy army camps. Such would be the design that very few would die, but
        many would be incapacitated. After all, needless death is, well... needless.