Police factions

[Mímir]

Indeed it is. Gendarmerie is organized as a hybrid between military and police, and is not just a police unit with military training OR a military unit with police tasks such as the ones you see in other places.

Moreover a particular French (and thus Gallic) inclination towards being arrogant AND having a radically different approach to colonization than just money, points towards a GRP that operates slightly different than police in other houses.

Furthermore, the other houses have been in touch with each other since forever and had tonnes of border disputes, so policing border areas - and thus challenging soverignity of the adjoining house - is a direct route to more disputes. And the houses in Sirius are pretty much established and have nothing to gain from starting minor border disputes which might lead to all out (and very costly) wars. Gallia is different again by being so dominantly aggressive, not really caring if they offend someone or some house might turn even more hostile towards Gallia than they are already.

EDIT: Sorry it wasn't my intention. I'll edit that bit out of the previous post.

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