Malvekian defence requirements are assigned to the Malvekian Armed Forces (MAF). The armed forces has three branches, the Royal Malvekian Army (RMA), Royal Malvekian Navy (RMN) and the Royal Malvekian Air Force (RMAF). Malvekia does not have conscription, and the required minimum age for voluntary military service is 18.

In the early ???s, Malaysia undertook a major program to expand and modernise its armed forces. However, budgetary constraints due to the rebuildig of Malvekia after the Second Malvekian Civil War held back many of its procurements. The recent economic recovery may lead to a relaxation of budgetary constraints and a resumption of major weapons purchases. In ???, the Defence Minister also announced a review of national defence and security policy to bring it up to date. The review addressed new security threats that have emerged in the form of low intensity conflicts, such as the kidnapping of Malvekians from island communities located off the east coast of Peninsular Malvekia and the potential risk of territory disputes with several neighbouring countries. Currently, 1.0% of Malaysia's GDP is spent on the military, and employing 1.25% of Malvekia's total population.

The Grand Duke of Malvekia is the ceremonial head of the Malvekian Armed Forces, with officers and personnel swearing allegiance to him. Due to the civilianisation of Malvekia's military in ???, however, has de facto vested military authority and previously associated royal prerogative powers in the prime minister and the minister of defence, with the former (acting with the support of the Cabinet) making the key decisions on the use of the armed forces. The sovereign retains the power to prevent the unconstitutional use of the armed forces.

The Ministry of Defence is the government ministry charged with formulating and executing defence policy. It currently employs 56,860 civilian staff members as of 2030. Unified combatant commands are joint military commands consisting of forces from multiple military departments, with their chain of command flowing from the prime minister, to the minister of defense, to the commanders of the combatant commands.

The Malvekian Armed Forces are a professional force with a strength of 361,803 active military personnel or 'Regulars' and 250,000 Volunteer Reserve personnel as of 2032. This gives a total strength of 611,803 MAF service personnel. In addition, all ex-Regulars personnel retain a "statutory liability for service" and are liable to be recalled for duty during wartime, which is known as the Regular Reserve Service. MoD publications since ??? no longer report the entire strength of the Regular Reserve, instead they only give a figure for Regular Reserves who serve under a fixed-term reserve contract. These contracts are similar in nature to those of the Volunteer Reserve. As of 2030, Regular Reserves serving under a fixed-term contract numbered 172,600 personnel.

The distribution of personnel between the services and categories of service on 2032 was as follows:

Royal Malvekian Army: 210,355 Active Personnel or 58.14% of Total Active Personnel

Royal Malvekian Navy: 76,648 Active Personnel or 21.19% of Total Active Personnel

Royal Malvekian Air Force: 74,800 or 20.67% of Total Active Personnel

Malvekia operates a mix of modern and cold war-era military equipment. Most of the military hardware currently in possession of the Malvekian Armed Forces was acquired through the combination of the Imperial and Republican Malvekia factions at the end of the Second Malvekian Civil War, a period that saw rapid armament of both factions that led to a diverse range of equipment currently being used by the MAF. Many of the equipment can be considered old, with several artillery and military vehicles several decades old and no longer fit for battlefield conditions of the modern era.

As such, the Ministry of Defence has spearheaded a modernisation program of the MAF, beginning with the Royal Malvekian Navy. This involves local players in the development of military naval technology (such as ???) and has resulted in a downsized but modern Malvekian navy. Attempts to expand the modernisation program to other branches of the MAF are hindered by the meager expenditure budget provided for national defence, a mere 1.5% (or M$ 24.075 billion) of the nation's total GDP, which many critics find insufficient in providing Malvekia with revamping her army and providing suitable defensive needs.

Military service is voluntary, and open to all members of the public regardless of gender, race, or sexual orientation. Applicants to the MAF must be at least 18 years old, and any active military personnel is retired at the age of 64 unless in times of crisis. Active military personnel are contracted to serve in five-year terms, after which they can choose to reapply themselves for service or be discharged honourably from service to return to being a civilian.

Since the sigining of the New Constitution of Malvekia and civilianisation of the MAF in ???, considerable budgeting has been reallocated to various other expenditures such as healthcare, education and infrastructure. As a result, there has been a notable decline in terms of capability development and professionalism in the MAF. In ???, in light of the recent ??? in ???, in ??? a Joint Defence Assessment (JDA) was conducted as a policy level discussion between the Malvekian Ministry of Defense and the ???. The objective was to provide an objective evaluation of Malvekia's military capability and conduct a strategic assessment of the Malvekian defense system.

The results of the JDA were devastating. The JDA findings revealed that the MAF was only partially capable of performing its most critical missions in any given time as well as a severe lack of modern equipment to combat emerging challenges and technologies in the battlefield. Moreover, the results pointed overwhelmingly toward institutional and strategic deficiencies as being the root cause of most of the shortcomings. A common thread in all: the lack of strategy-based planning and military funding that resulted in the degradation of Malvekia's military capabilities and the overall decrease in the professionalism of its rank-and-file.

Following the findings of the JDA, the Federal Act No. ??? was approved on ???, which declared it the policy of the State to modernize the MAF to a level where it can effectively and fully perform its constitutional mandate to uphold and preserve the sovereignty of the Grand Duchy of Malvekia, and mandated specific actions to be taken to achieve this end over a 15-year period ending in ???. Federal Act No. ???, approved on ???, amended FA??? to establish a continuation of the revised MAF modernization program lasting another 15 years ending in ???. The act included new provisions for the acquisition of equipment for all the branches of MAF, systemic reforms to the training and management of military personnel, and a complete overhaul of Malvekia's supply and maintenance doctrine and infrastructure to further streamline and assure quality of MAF's combat operations.

Hitherto, the reformation programs of the MAF has been widely considered a success. Increase in capability development in the rank-and-file, successful participation of combat operations in both international and domestic theaters, and a general increase of the civilian population's approval rating in terms of integrity and professionalism are seen as a sign of the effectiveness of the MAF's reformation program.

Malvekia boasts a small but thriving defence industry complex, providing Malvekia the ability of locally manufacturing, producing, and maintaining military equipment. Currently, the only buyers of Malvekian-made military equipment is the Malvekian Ministry of Defence, however there are plans to expand sales to the other nations of Valsora.

The Royal Malvekian Army (RMA) is the main, oldest and largest branch of the Malvekian Armed Forces (MAF), responsible for ground warfare and as of 2030 had an estimated strength of 210,355 active military personnel. The Army has 7 army corps that consists of 56 brigades of regular infantry, organised into 280 regiments. The somewhat modernised infantry have diverse capabilities and this is reflected in the varied roles assigned to them. There are four operational roles that infantry battalions can fulfil: air assault, armoured infantry, mechanised infantry, and light role infantry. Specialised regiments and battalions (Such as Parachute Regiments and Reconnaisence Elements) exist within every corps of the Army, functioning as administrative or tactical formations.

The Malvekian Army Rangers (or Malvekian Rangers) refers to two light infantry regiments of the Royal Malvekian Army. Trained in both parachute operations and small-scale ground warfare, the Malvekian Rangers specialise in operations requiring exceeding skills and strengths far beyond a regular Malvekian soldier. With the jungle as their home, every tree is an outpost, and every river a highway. They are the perfect guerilla unit adapted to the unconventional jungle warfare, and feel right at home hidden within the jungles and forest of tropical and sub-tropical climates. Types of missions partaken by the Malvekian Rangers include direct action, unconventional warfare, sabotage, counter-terrorism, and intelligence gathering.

The Special Tactics and Arms Group, also known as STAG, is a special forces unit of the Royal Malvekian Army. The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, direct action and covert reconnaissance. Much of the information about STAG is highly classified, and the unit is not commented on by either the Malvekian government or the Ministry of Defence due to the secrecy and sensitivity of its operations.

The Malvekian Royal Guard Escort (or Malvekian Royal Guard) refers to an armed force and honour guard unit maintained by the Malvekian Armed Forces that protects the residences and members of the five noble houses of Malvekia. With roots traced all the way back to in 1297 with their formation under the first Grand Duke, Grand Duke Leonard, the Malvekian Royal Guard is the oldest military units in continuous operation in Malvekia, and believed to be among the oldest in Nonscio.

The Malvekian Royal Guard is actually an infantry brigade, more specifically the 12th Malvekian Infantry Brigade (Household and Guards Brigade), made up of two infantry battalions with a total number of 4,500 soldiers. Normally, their duties involve guarding the Sun Throne, the seat of Malvekia's royal power; protecting the Grand Duke; guarding the royal residences of the noble houses of Malvekia; protecting the members of the five noble houses of Malvekia; and provides escorts for foreign visiting heads of state should they request an audience with the Grand Duke. Should the need arises, the Malvekian Royal Guard will be involved under the Malvekian Armed Forces (MAF) during any kind of emergency and armed conflict as an infantry unit.

The Royal Malvekian Navy (RMN) is the naval warfare service branch of the MAF. It has an estimated strength of 76,648 active service personnel. It operates 154 combat vessels and 35 auxiliary vessels. The RMN's assets consists of amphibious warfare ships, destroyers, frigates, numerous patrol vessels, mine-countermeasure vessels, and attack submarines, and many naval drones of various sizes and combat capabilities.

The special forces arm of the RMN, MARCOM has many specialised military capabilities both in times of peace and war. In peacetime, the unit is tasked with responding to maritime hijacking incidents as well as protecting Malvekia's numerous offshore oil and gas platforms. Its wartime roles include seaborne infiltration, sabotaging of enemy naval assets and installations, and the defence of RMN vessels and bases.

The Royal Malvekian Air Force (RMAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of the MAF. It has an estimated strength of 74,800 active service personnel and operates many modern aircraft and drones of varying classes. Initially formed as part of the Royal Malvekian Army (Malvekian Army Air Corps), the RMAF is responsible for both defending the Malvekian airspace, and conducting aerial operations throughout the malvekia, such as close air support operations, combat air patrols, aerial reconnaissance missions, airlift operations, helicopter tactical operations and aerial humanitarian operations. The RMAF maintains an operational fleet of various types of aircraft, which serve the purpose of fulfilling the following roles: fighter and strike, airborne early warning and control, intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR), signals intelligence (SIGINT), maritime patrol, air-to-air refuelling (AAR) and strategic & tactical transport.