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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").
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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").
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* Oddly enough, the [[Third Imperium]] is more of a feudal [[Confederation]] than an ''Empire''.
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Please see the following [[AAB]] articles for related [[Library Data]]:
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* [[Government|Government Power Structures]]
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** [[Confederation]]
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** [[Empire]]
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** [[Federation]]
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** [[Hegemony]]
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** [[Unitary State]]
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* Social Structures
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** [[Civilization]]
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** [[Government]]
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** [[Polity]]
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** [[Society]]
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* [[Universal World Profile]] ([[UWP]])
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** [[Starport]] ([[Sp]])
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** [[Planetary Size]] (S)
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** [[Atmosphere]] (A)
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** [[Hydrosphere]] {H)
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** [[Population]] (P)
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** [[Government]] (G)
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** [[Law level]] (L)
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** [[Tech level]] ([[TL]])
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Oddly enough, the [[Third Imperium]] is more of a feudal [[Confederation]] than an ''Empire''.
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== Description / Specifications ==
 
 
=== Imperial (Empire) Characteristics ===
 
 
As a generality, the members of an [[Empire]] have the least freedom of any type of a governmental power structure.
 
As a generality, the members of an [[Empire]] have the least freedom of any type of a governmental power structure.
  
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* Puppet states  
 
* Puppet states  
 
* Vassal states
 
* Vassal states
 
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=== Other Imperial (Empire) Terms ===
 
=== Other Imperial (Empire) Terms ===
 
'''Empires''' are sometimes known as:
 
'''Empires''' are sometimes known as:
  
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* Aberrants
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* Administrative Zone
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* Admiralty
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* Aegis
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* Ambit
 
* Anocracy
 
* Anocracy
* Authorities  
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* Apparatus
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* Apostacy
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* Arch-kingdoms
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* Archons
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* Arks
 +
* Ascendants
 +
* Avatars
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* Autarchy
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* Authorities
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* Autocracy
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* Awoken
 +
* Badlands
 +
* Battlelords
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* Benevolence
 
* Bloc
 
* Bloc
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* Bloodline
 +
* Borderlands
 +
* Breeds
 +
* Brigade
 +
* Brood
 +
* Bureau
 
* Cabals
 
* Cabals
* Commands  
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* Caretakers
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* Celestine
 +
* Church of
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* Chthonic
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* Circle
 +
* Cleansers
 +
* Coalescence
 +
* Codominiums
 +
* Colony
 +
* Commands
 +
* Commerce Group
 +
* Committee
 
* Compacts  
 
* Compacts  
* Codominiums
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* Communion
 +
* Contingency
 
* Control Regimes
 
* Control Regimes
 
* Consensus
 
* Consensus
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* Conservancy
 
* Conservancy
 
* Convergence
 
* Convergence
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* Combine
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* Continuum
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* Cora
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* Covenant
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* Conservators
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* Consular
 +
* Corps
 +
* Court
 +
* Cnezat
 +
* Crusade
 +
* Curators
 +
* Curia
 
* Czarates
 
* Czarates
 
* Czardoms
 
* Czardoms
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* Defence Corps
 +
* Defence Initiative
 
* Delverates
 
* Delverates
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* Diaspora
 +
* Directive
 +
* Dissenters
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* Doctrine
 
* Domains
 
* Domains
 
* Dominates
 
* Dominates
 
* Dominions
 
* Dominions
 
* Dominiums
 
* Dominiums
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* Dragoons
 +
* Dwelling
 
* Dynasty
 
* Dynasty
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* Dwellers
 +
* Echelon
 +
* Efflorescence
 +
* Elders
 +
* Eleemosynary
 +
* Elite
 +
* Enclave
 +
* Enforcement
 +
* Enforcement Department
 +
* Entities
 +
* Exaltation
 +
* Exalted March
 
* Exarchate
 
* Exarchate
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* Exiles
 +
* Existance
 
* Expanse
 
* Expanse
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* Factor
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* Faith
 +
* Faithful
 +
* Farseers
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* Flottila
 +
* Force
 +
* Forerunners
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* Forsaken
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* Front
 +
* Frontiers
 +
* Fusion
 +
* Gathering
 +
* Ghosts
 +
* Guardians
 +
* Guild
 +
* Godhead
 +
* Godrealm
 +
* Hand
 +
* Harbingers
 +
* Haven
 +
* Hellions
 +
* Heresies
 
* Hierarchy
 
* Hierarchy
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* Hierate
 
* High Council
 
* High Council
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* High Guard
 
* Hive
 
* Hive
 
* Holdings
 
* Holdings
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* Holy Sees
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* Houses
 
* Horde
 
* Horde
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* Hussars
 
* Illuminates
 
* Illuminates
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* Independents
 +
* Inheritance
 +
* Ingathering
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* Inquisition
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* Intelligence
 
* Imperiums
 
* Imperiums
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* Insurgency
 
* Interstellar Kingdoms
 
* Interstellar Kingdoms
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* Jihad
 +
* Junta
 +
* Jurisdiction
 +
* Legion
 +
* Liturgy
 +
* Ludites
 
* Kaganate
 
* Kaganate
 
* Khanate
 
* Khanate
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* Kindred
 
* Kingdoms
 
* Kingdoms
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* Level
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* Lineage
 
* Mandate  
 
* Mandate  
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* Mankind
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* Marches
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* Mechanoid
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* Menagerie
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* Mercenaries
 +
* Metabarons
 
* Military Authorities
 
* Military Authorities
 
* Monarchies (Absolute)
 
* Monarchies (Absolute)
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* Mystics
 +
* Network
 +
* Nexus
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* Nomadic Fleets
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* Numenera
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* Oathsworn
 
* Occupation Authorities, or the "Occupation"  
 
* Occupation Authorities, or the "Occupation"  
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* Offensive
 
* Orders
 
* Orders
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* Orthodoxy
 +
* Outcasts
 +
* Overwatch
 +
* Paladins
 +
* Palatinate
 +
* Pantheon
 
* Papacy
 
* Papacy
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* Parish
 +
* Patriarchy
 +
* Pax
 +
* Pilgrims
 +
* Planners
 +
* Plenary
 +
* Plexus
 
* Powers  
 
* Powers  
 +
* Praxis
 +
* Prefecture
 +
* Pride
 +
* Primarchy
 +
* Primes
 
* Principalities
 
* Principalities
 
* Principates
 
* Principates
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* Prophets
 
* Provisional Government
 
* Provisional Government
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* Purity
 +
* Quanta
 +
* Quaganatae
 +
* Quora
 +
* Raiders
 +
* Raj
 
* Realms
 
* Realms
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* Reavers
 +
* Reticulation
 +
* Ravagers
 +
* Rebellion
 +
* Reclamation Force
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* Refuge
 
* Regions
 
* Regions
 
* Reich
 
* Reich
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* Regnancy
 
* Regnancy
 
* Rules, as in the [[Rule of Man]] or [[Second Imperium]]
 
* Rules, as in the [[Rule of Man]] or [[Second Imperium]]
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* Remnant
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* Repatriarchs
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* Resistance
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* Resurgence
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* Rift
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* Salish
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* Sapience
 +
* Sapients
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* Schemata
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* Sect
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* Sectors
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* Seekers
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* Seelie
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* Sentinels
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* Servitors
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* Scourge
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* Shadows
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* Shadowrunners
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* Shidhe
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* Shogunate
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* Singularity
 +
* Sodality
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* Solidarity
 
* Sovereignties
 
* Sovereignties
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* Splice
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* Spy Network
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* Spirits
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* Star Empire
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* Star Fleets
 
* Star Kingdoms
 
* Star Kingdoms
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* Star Nations
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* Stars
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* Stewardship
 
* Stratocracy
 
* Stratocracy
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* Substrate
 
* Sultanate
 
* Sultanate
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* Suns
 
* Supremacy
 
* Supremacy
 
* Supreme Powers  
 
* Supreme Powers  
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* Swarm
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* Syndicate
 +
* Synod
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* System Lords
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* Task Force
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* Technomancy
 
* Territories
 
* Territories
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* Tetrarchy
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* Titans
 
* Thearchy
 
* Thearchy
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* Throne Worlds
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* Timekeepers
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* Timemasters
 
* Timocracy
 
* Timocracy
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* Trade Commission
 
* Triarchy
 
* Triarchy
 
* Triumvirate
 
* Triumvirate
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* Tribulation
 
* Tribunal
 
* Tribunal
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* Tyranny
 +
* Underground
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* Unicortex
 +
* Usurpers
 +
* Vanguard
 +
* Vector
 +
* Vestige
 +
* Void
 +
* Voidborn
 +
* Voivodat
 
* Way
 
* Way
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* Warbands
 +
* Warlords
 +
* Wanderers
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* Whole
 +
* Worldships
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* 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.
 
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.
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Please see [[Government]] for more information.
 
Please see [[Government]] for more information.
  
== Empire (Government) Representative Examples ==
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== History & Background / Dossier ==
=== '''(Imperial) Absolute Monarchies (King or Queen)''':===  
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No information yet available.
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=== Empire (Government) Representative Examples ===
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==== '''(Imperial) Absolute Monarchies (King or Queen)''':====  
 
* [[Archduchy of Sol]] (Member State of [[Solomani Confederation]])
 
* [[Archduchy of Sol]] (Member State of [[Solomani Confederation]])
 
* [[Black Imperium]]
 
* [[Black Imperium]]
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* [[Duchy of St. Foy|Duchy of Saint Foy]] (Absolute Monarchy)
 
* [[Duchy of St. Foy|Duchy of Saint Foy]] (Absolute Monarchy)
 
* [[Empire of Solee]] (Absolute Monarchy)
 
* [[Empire of Solee]] (Absolute Monarchy)
* [[Eslyat Magistry]] (Absolute Monarchy)
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* [[Eslyat Magistracy]] (Absolute Monarchy)
 
* [[Grand Duchy of Douglass]] (Absolute Monarchy)
 
* [[Grand Duchy of Douglass]] (Absolute Monarchy)
 
* [[Grand Duchy of Marlheim]] (Absolute Monarchy)
 
* [[Grand Duchy of Marlheim]] (Absolute Monarchy)
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* [[Ziru Sirka]]
 
* [[Ziru Sirka]]
  
=== '''(Imperial) Dominions (Dominator or Dominatrix)''':===  
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==== '''(Imperial) Dominions (Dominator or Dominatrix)''':====  
 
* [[Domain of Alntzar]] (Client State of the [[Zhodani Consulate]])
 
* [[Domain of Alntzar]] (Client State of the [[Zhodani Consulate]])
 
* [[The Dominate]] (Dominion) (K'kree & Virus State)
 
* [[The Dominate]] (Dominion) (K'kree & Virus State)
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* [[Zydarian Codominium]] (Dominion)
 
* [[Zydarian Codominium]] (Dominion)
  
=== '''(Standard) Empires (Emperor)''':===  
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==== '''(Standard) Empires (Emperor)''':====  
 
* [[Aakhri Empire]]
 
* [[Aakhri Empire]]
 
* [[Amderstun Empire]]
 
* [[Amderstun Empire]]
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* [[Zelphic Primacy]] (Empire)
 
* [[Zelphic Primacy]] (Empire)
  
=== '''[[Third Imperium]] Vassals'''===  
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==== '''[[Third Imperium]] Vassals'''====  
 
* Domains of the [[Third Imperium]]
 
* Domains of the [[Third Imperium]]
 
** 1. [[Domain of Antares]] (Vassal of [[Third Imperium]])
 
** 1. [[Domain of Antares]] (Vassal of [[Third Imperium]])
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** [[Duchy of Zeng]] (Vassal of [[Third Imperium]])
 
** [[Duchy of Zeng]] (Vassal of [[Third Imperium]])
  
== Empire (Government) References & Contributors ==
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== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
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{{Intermediate}}
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{{Detail}}
 
{{Sources
 
{{Sources
 
|S1= [[Classic Traveller]] [[Library Data (A-M)|Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)]]
 
|S1= [[Classic Traveller]] [[Library Data (A-M)|Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)]]
 
|S2= [[Classic Traveller]] [[The Traveller Book]]
 
|S2= [[Classic Traveller]] [[The Traveller Book]]
 
|S3= [[MegaTraveller]] [[Imperial Encyclopedia]]
 
|S3= [[MegaTraveller]] [[Imperial Encyclopedia]]
|S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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|S4= {{Ludography cite|name= Marc Miller's Traveller |page= 185}}
|S5=
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|S5= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
|S6=
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
  
{{LE|Governments}}
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{{LE|Government Type}}
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{{LEN}}

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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").


Please see the following AAB articles for related Library Data:


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:

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]

(Imperial) Dominions (Dominator or Dominatrix):[edit]

(Standard) Empires (Emperor):[edit]

Third Imperium Vassals[edit]

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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