Empire

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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 Oasis (3I)
- Duchy of Oasis (New Era)
- Duchy of Oasis (Long Night)
- Independent Duchy of Oasis (Absolute Monarchy)
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]

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)

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