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The Papal Defence Corps (Rodarian: Corpo dei Difesa Pontificia), often called The Defence Corps, is a branch of Rodarion's military, founded on 3 May 1936 to protect the theocratic system from political instability. Whereas the regular military defends Rodarion's borders and maintains internal order, according to the Rodarian constitution, the Defence Corps is intended to protect the country's Christian system. The Defence Corps state that their role in protecting the Catholic Theocratic system is preventing foreign interference as well as coups by the military or "deviant movements".

The PDC has roughly 310,000 military personnel including active and reserve. It also controls the paramilitary Ordice militia which has about 1,290,000 active personnel. In recent years it has developed into a "multibillion-dollar business empire," and is reportedly the "third-wealthiest organization in Rodarion" after the Romulan Catholic Church itself and the Santa Maria Endowment.

Since its origin as an ideologically driven militia, the PDC has taken an ever more assertive role in virtually every aspect of Rodarian society. Its expanded social, political, military, and economic role — which has led many analysts to argue that its political power has surpassed even that of the Papacy.

The Chief of Staff is Floriano Gagliano.