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The term [[Imperial Republic]] refers to the period of the [[Third Imperium]] from Year [[475]], when [[Cleon IV]] was elected by the Imperial [[Moot]], to Year [[622]], when [[Arbellatra]] was elected temporary regent of the Imperium until she was elected permanent Empress in [[629]], in both cases by the same Moot.  

==Description ([[Specifications]])==
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
Most of the Emperors (except for certain [[Emperors of the Flag]] of the [[Civil War]] era, including the [[Barracks Emperors]], [[Olav]], [[Constantus]], [[George]], [[Donald]], and [[Emdiri]]) were elected by the Imperial Moot instead of by hereditary right during this period. 

Even during the Civil War period from [[604]] to 622, several of the Emperors of the Flag with military backing went through the formality of Moot election ( including [[Ramon I]], [[Ramon II]], [[Nicolai]], [[Jaqueline II]], [[Cleon V]], [[Catharine]], [[Joseph]], [[Usuti]], [[Marava]], [[Martin VI]], [[Ivan]], and [[Gustus]]) in order to legitimize their rule.  

The term "Imperial Republic" first arose when [[Jerome]] and [[Jaqueline I]] were both elected by Moot majorities rather than inherit the Imperial throne.  It was assumed that both the [[Zhunastu Dynasty]] and the [[Lentuli Dynasty]] were extinct by the second half of the 6th Century of the Imperial era.

=== Imperial Republic Reform Debate (Background) ===
Indeed, by the 7th Century of the Imperial era, several leading political scientists and theorists suggested that the Imperium's hereditary monarchy be abolished in favor of an [[Elected Monarch]] or [[Executive Council]] elected by the Moot either for life or a prolonged tenure of office (i.e. 10 to 30 years).

Opponents of the Imperial Republic concept continued to push for interstellar rule by a hereditary monarch on the [[Iridium Throne]], largely organized into the [[Imperial Monarchist Movement]].

=== Post-Imperial Republic Era (History) ===
As recently as the reign of [[Paulo III]], there was talk of amending the [[Warrant of Restoration]] to transform the Third Imperium into a type of Imperial Republic as described above, but the continuing popularity of the [[Alkhalikoi family]] dynasty largely quashed such talk by the reign of [[Strephon]].

== Government & Politics (Leadership) ==
The '''[[Imperial Republic]]''' is characterized as having a high degree of centralization, which sets uniform policies that direct the entire multi-system state and disregards local/planetary differences. The [[Imperial Republic]] is usually classified as a [[Republic]], a form of a [[Unitary State]].

== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
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|S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S3= Author & Contributor: [[Hans Rancke-Madsen]] 
|S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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