Governments, like Kings, come and go. They grow, ripen, and then rot into weariness, only to be overthrown. The two often go hand in hand... However, nearly a century after the defeat of Ganothine in the neighbouring Ardania, the Hylian government crumbled, but the King was not replaced. Fearing a rebellion against the displacement of the war hero, the feeble man's council simply used him as a figurehead, gradually coming up with excuses and lies to install their new ideas, and take the power that was so wrongfully theirs to take.
The people were quarantined, 'for their own safety'. Old stories about a foe in the mountains, hybrid demon creatures in the fields... The Apocolytes, as the Council was called, decided they were true. Through this, they assembled a military force until then never before seen in the lands of Hyrule... Every Hylian male was to enlist upon reaching the age of 5 years, train for his specific duty, and then keep the peace.
Females were to join the military, aswell, but, they would enter the BloodCorps. They would act as medics in battle, and out of it, maids, cooks, housewives.
All Hylian families were to have 4 children minimum, or, keep trying until they get at least 2 males... When the law was introduced, no one seemed to complain, according to the Council. Whoever did was thrown into Kakariko, which had been converted into a supreme, ultimate jail which none ever has or will escape... It is there that soldiers go to guard when they are on their way to the Front... All men of the ages 18-24 were automatically enlisted to the Infantry, older males who were capable in mind were given Officer rank. 50 years later, and the Hylians had a full-fledged military machine.
The Zora and the Goron had no place in the Hylian Military. They were quarentined to their respective villages and caves by the Hylians, protected from their enemies. Kokiri were kept in the Forest, large walls of steel and stone kept them safe from the enemy.
However, the Gerudo, in their desert abode... They despised the King, and hated the New Order even more. They stood their ground, struck back, and even dealt a heavy blow to the Hylian Military... Out of the Council, one man rose to the occasion, and took power completely for himself. He had the other oligarchs murdered, and pointed the finger at the Gerudo. The desert is now the Front.
That was 50 years ago, and General Gano's rule is still supreme. He has not aged a day, blessed by the Goddesses... His soldiers are still strong, clad in their gray armour, square-like helmets. Their symbol is the Triforce - three triangles, points down, creating a larger triangle whose point is also facing the ground. They are all blessed by the Goddesses...