This list of formation types is designed to help beginning Republique players to relate real life Napoleonic formations with those used for game play. The list indicates only very basic averages, and players should remember that real life units varied enormously in both quality and size. In some armies, green troops were still fully trained and could perform impressively. In other cases, regular troops who had been allowed to become demoralized put in rather poor performances. Unit descriptions include type, average size (number of combat bases) and average troop grade. The infantry lists also include skirmisher availability and quality. The cavalry lists include a classification of cavalry types. At the beginning of each section is a short description of each army, along with an average ratio of artillery batteries to infantry/cavalry bases. These recommended artillery ratios are purely for reference to help players develop a fair sense of usage.

The Skirmishers column describes the Presence and Grade of skirmish markers available to that unit type. Presence levels will be Numerous (one marker deployable per combat base), Moderate (one marker per two bases) or Limited (one marker per three bases). Grades will be Excellent, Good, Adequate or Poor. See the rules text for more details.

The Turkish Army of this era was riddled with conflicting factions, some of whom supported the reforms of Selim III and some of whom were religious fanatics set against both Selim and his attempted improvements. The quality of the "reformers" such as the Nizam-I-Jedid tended to be better than that of the old style troops such as the Janissaries.

We have simulated the disorderly formations with which most of the Ottoman Army operated by artificially stunting some unit sizes and grades. Ottoman Turkish formations cannot form square or echelon. Much of their artillery (over 60%) was composed of antique cannon, although the gunners themselves were of average or better quality. The French system of formation change is usable throughout, due either to French training, or the lack of any system to begin with.