 An interesting facet of "Liberty or Death" is that there are also Patriot and Loyalist militia regiments and German mercenary regiments, organized and paid for by the Americans and British, respectively, which will fight and collect resources on their own, unless they are recruited.These groups will continue to run the districts they are in and can attack and annex adjacent districts if they choose to.If a regular commander for their side moves into the district, these militia units will place themselves under his authority if he is of equal or higher rank, swelling his ranks.