The Imperial Guard of the Great Empire of Indrala (Indralan: 大英大拉帝國衛隊, Dà yīngdàlā dìguó wèiduì) is an elite independent branch of the Imperial Armed Forces of Indrala. The Imperial Guard is headed by the Minister of the Guards, a high-ranking official of the Imperial court and the Imperial government. The Imperial Guard is divided into 2 brigades, numbering around an estimated 10,000 troops. The Imperial Guard are the praetorian guard of the Indralan Emperor and act as an elite military force, many of the special forces units of the Indralan military fall underneath the command of the Imperial Guard General Staff Department, which acts as an independent command of the Indralan Military.