Empire
Empire: A group of possibly independent states, duchies, nations, tribes, worlds, systems, or other polities under the Supreme Rule of an Emperor (i.e. a leader with supreme power, not necessarily with the title "Emperor").
- Oddly enough, the Third Imperium is more of a feudal Confederation than an Empire.
Please see the following AAB articles for related Library Data:
- Government Power Structures
- Social Structures
- Universal World Profile (UWP)
- Starport (Sp)
- Planetary Size (S)
- Atmosphere (A)
- Hydrosphere {H)
- Population (P)
- Government (G)
- Law level (L)
- Tech level (TL)
Description / Specifications[edit]
As a generality, the members of an Empire have the least freedom of any type of a governmental power structure.
The dominant ruler of a state in a Empire is called the Emperor or variants of the name such as Imperator. The dominated (client or vassal) states in an Empire are known by a variety of names including:
- Client states
- Colonies
- Dependent states
- Occupied states (Under military adminstration)
- Puppet states
- Vassal states
Other Imperial (Empire) Terms[edit]
Empires are sometimes known as:
- Aberrants
- Administrative Zone
- Admiralty
- Aegis
- Ambit
- Anocracy
- Apparatus
- Apostacy
- Arch-kingdoms
- Archons
- Arks
- Ascendants
- Avatars
- Autarchy
- Authorities
- Autocracy
- Awoken
- Badlands
- Battlelords
- Benevolence
- Bloc
- Bloodline
- Borderlands
- Breeds
- Brigade
- Brood
- Bureau
- Cabals
- Caretakers
- Celestine
- Church of
- Chthonic
- Circle
- Cleansers
- Coalescence
- Codominiums
- Colony
- Commands
- Commerce Group
- Committee
- Compacts
- Communion
- Contingency
- Control Regimes
- Consensus
- Conclave
- Conservancy
- Convergence
- Combine
- Continuum
- Cora
- Covenant
- Conservators
- Consular
- Corps
- Court
- Cnezat
- Crusade
- Curators
- Curia
- Czarates
- Czardoms
- Defence Corps
- Defence Initiative
- Delverates
- Diaspora
- Directive
- Dissenters
- Doctrine
- Domains
- Dominates
- Dominions
- Dominiums
- Dragoons
- Dwelling
- Dynasty
- Dwellers
- Echelon
- Efflorescence
- Elders
- Eleemosynary
- Elite
- Enclave
- Enforcement
- Enforcement Department
- Entities
- Exaltation
- Exalted March
- Exarchate
- Exiles
- Existance
- Expanse
- Factor
- Faith
- Faithful
- Farseers
- Flottila
- Force
- Forerunners
- Forsaken
- Front
- Frontiers
- Fusion
- Gathering
- Ghosts
- Guardians
- Guild
- Godhead
- Godrealm
- Hand
- Harbingers
- Haven
- Hellions
- Heresies
- Hierarchy
- Hierate
- High Council
- High Guard
- Hive
- Holdings
- Holy Sees
- Houses
- Horde
- Hussars
- Illuminates
- Independents
- Inheritance
- Ingathering
- Inquisition
- Intelligence
- Imperiums
- Insurgency
- Interstellar Kingdoms
- Jihad
- Junta
- Jurisdiction
- Legion
- Liturgy
- Ludites
- Kaganate
- Khanate
- Kindred
- Kingdoms
- Level
- Lineage
- Mandate
- Mankind
- Marches
- Mechanoid
- Menagerie
- Mercenaries
- Metabarons
- Military Authorities
- Monarchies (Absolute)
- Mystics
- Network
- Nexus
- Nomadic Fleets
- Numenera
- Oathsworn
- Occupation Authorities, or the "Occupation"
- Offensive
- Orders
- Orthodoxy
- Outcasts
- Overwatch
- Paladins
- Palatinate
- Pantheon
- Papacy
- Parish
- Patriarchy
- Pax
- Pilgrims
- Planners
- Plenary
- Plexus
- Powers
- Praxis
- Prefecture
- Pride
- Primarchy
- Primes
- Principalities
- Principates
- Prophets
- Provisional Government
- Purity
- Quanta
- Quaganatae
- Quora
- Raiders
- Raj
- Realms
- Reavers
- Reticulation
- Ravagers
- Rebellion
- Reclamation Force
- Refuge
- Regions
- Reich
- Regencies
- Regime
- Regnancy
- Rules, as in the Rule of Man or Second Imperium
- Remnant
- Repatriarchs
- Resistance
- Resurgence
- Rift
- Salish
- Sapience
- Sapients
- Schemata
- Sect
- Sectors
- Seekers
- Seelie
- Sentinels
- Servitors
- Scourge
- Shadows
- Shadowrunners
- Shidhe
- Shogunate
- Singularity
- Sodality
- Solidarity
- Sovereignties
- Splice
- Spy Network
- Spirits
- Star Empire
- Star Fleets
- Star Kingdoms
- Star Nations
- Stars
- Stewardship
- Stratocracy
- Substrate
- Sultanate
- Suns
- Supremacy
- Supreme Powers
- Swarm
- Syndicate
- Synod
- System Lords
- Task Force
- Technomancy
- Territories
- Tetrarchy
- Titans
- Thearchy
- Throne Worlds
- Timekeepers
- Timemasters
- Timocracy
- Trade Commission
- Triarchy
- Triumvirate
- Tribulation
- Tribunal
- Tyranny
- Underground
- Unicortex
- Usurpers
- Vanguard
- Vector
- Vestige
- Void
- Voidborn
- Voivodat
- Way
- Warbands
- Warlords
- Wanderers
- Whole
- Worldships
- Wraiths
Like all governments, sometimes the political terms in a polity's name may be misleading. Governments using this term in their name may actually vary greatly from the standard and accepted definition of the term.
Five Most Common Power Structures[edit]
An Empire is one of the five most common power structures found in governance:
- Confederation
- Empire
- Federation or Federal State
- Hegemony
- Unitary State
Please see Government for more information.
History & Background / Dossier[edit]
No information yet available.
Empire (Government) Representative Examples[edit]
(Imperial) Absolute Monarchies (King or Queen):[edit]
- Archduchy of Sol (Member State of Solomani Confederation)
- Black Imperium
- Chanestin Kingdom (Absolute Monarchy)
- Czarate of Delsun (Absolute Monarchy)
- Duchy of Oasis
- Duchy of Pendang (Absolute Monarchy)
- Duchy of Saint Foy (Absolute Monarchy)
- Empire of Solee (Absolute Monarchy)
- Eslyat Magistracy (Absolute Monarchy)
- Grand Duchy of Douglass (Absolute Monarchy)
- Grand Duchy of Marlheim (Absolute Monarchy)
- Grand Duchy of Stoner (Absolute Monarchy)
- Mnemosyne Principality (Absolute Monarchy)
- Regency of Muirimi (Absolute Monarchy)
- Restored Vilani Empire
- Thirz Empire (Absolute Monarchy) (Vargr State)
- Ziru Sirka
(Imperial) Dominions (Dominator or Dominatrix):[edit]
- Domain of Alntzar (Client State of the Zhodani Consulate)
- The Dominate (Dominion) (K'kree & Virus State)
- Islaiat Dominate (Dominion) of the Yslai (Yslai State) (Affiliate of Aslan Hierate)
- The Domination (Dominion) of the Domination
- Kafoe Dominate (Dominion)
- Lords of Vision (Dominion)
- Mazaroegh Dominion
- New Sacnoth Dominate (Dominion)
- Reaver Warlords (Dominion)
- Sacnoth Dominate (Dominion) (Former Sword Worlds State anticedant to the Sword Worlds Confederation)
- Second Dominate (Dominion) (Former Sword Worlds State anticedant to the Sword Worlds Confederation)
- Supreme Delverate of the Llyrnians (Dominion) (Vassal of Geonee Confederation)
- Trelyn Domain (Dominion)
- Vugurar Dominion (Vargr State)
- Zydarian Codominium (Dominion)
(Standard) Empires (Emperor):[edit]
- Aakhri Empire
- Amderstun Empire
- Ancient Worlds of Iminorrg
- Antares Imperium
- Authority of Joekghr (Empire)
- The Biumvirate (Empire)
- Black Imperium
- Dysprosuk (Empire)
- Empire of Amondiage
- Empire of Gashikan
- Empire of Gushashi
- Empire of Varroerth
- First Empire of Gashikan
- Ghaskoret Empire
- Glorious Empire
- Hub/Ershur Imperium
- Iltharan Empire
- Katanga Empire
- Koenotz Empire
- Korsumug Empire
- Lucan's Imperium
- Maskai Empire
- Meichntid Ibl (Empire)
- Mewey Empire
- Nation of Urukhu (Empire) (Vargr State)
- Nihongi Empire
- Rebin Empire
- Saul Empire
- Sindalian Empire
- The Spartan Empire
- S'raak Empire
- Sydymic Empire
- Third Empire of Gashikan
- Thoengling Empire (Vargr State)
- Ushran Empire
- Worlds of Master Zer (Empire)
- Xuruk Empire or Xuruk'xaar'keer!
- Zelphic Primacy (Empire)
Third Imperium Vassals[edit]
- Domains of the Third Imperium
- 1. Domain of Antares (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- 2. Domain of Deneb (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- 3. Domain of Gateway (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- 4. Domain of Ilelish (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- 5. Domain of Sol (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- 6. Domain of Sylea (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- 7. Domain of Vland (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- Other Vassals of the Third Imperium
- County of Celepina (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- Duchy of Glisten (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- Duchy of Inar or Inar Duchy (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- Duchy of Lunion (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- Duchy of Mora (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- Duchy of Regina (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- Duchy of Rhylanor (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- Duchy of Sabine or Sabine Duchy (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- Duchy of Sol (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- Duchy of Trelyn (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- Duchy of Trin (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- Duchy of Vincennes or Vincennes Duchy (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- Duchy of Warinir (Vassal of Third Imperium)
- Duchy of Zeng (Vassal of Third Imperium)
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)
- Classic Traveller The Traveller Book
- MegaTraveller Imperial Encyclopedia
- Marc Miller. Marc Miller's Traveller (Imperium Games, 1996), 185.
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science