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A [[Pocket Empire]] is a small multi-system, interstellar state, ranging in size from two to several dozen [[world]]s.
* It is a kind of [[society]] capable of forming a stable [[government]] or [[polity]].
* ''Pocket Empires'' rarely occupy an astrographic location greater than a [[Subsector]] in size. Most occupy and control a small [[cluster]] or [[trace]] sized area. 
* A single world-government or [[world-state]] is known as [[Non-Aligned]] and form part of [[Balkanized Space]].

== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
The term ''[[Empire]]'' is generic, and the the actual form of government may range from a loose "trade association" to a "republic" to a full "dictatorship" or many, many other variations.
* Pocket empires are often classified as a [[sub-polity]] or [[polity]].

=== Key Identifier Characteristics ===
''Pocket Empires'' grow slowly but surely ...as a [[polity]] learns how to build [[colony ship]]s, rally [[population]]s, and spread out amongst the [[star]]s. 
* Every budding interstellar polity experiences the limitations of communication over distance, and the gradual drift of colonies from the [[homeworld]].

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
Pocket empires have existed since the discovery of spaceflight. 
* The [[Vilani]], [[Zhodani]], [[Hiver]] and a number of minor races all had pocket empires (or larger) using only sublight space craft. 
* With access to the [[Jump drive]], it becomes easier and more profitable to maintain a small empire. 

=== Origins ===
There are, broadly speaking, two sources of pocket empires: 
* '''Pocket Empires (Grown)''' are built from a single world to a multi-system government.
* '''Pocket Empires (Preserved)''' are maintained (preserved) after the collapse of a larger [[Empire]] (survivors). 

There is no significant difference between the two except from a historical perspective. Examples of the former are the numerous small states beyond the border of the {{Imperium}}. 

* ''Pocket Empires (Grown):'' Some claim that the entire [[Vargr Extents]] is an "oversized collection of pocket empires." 
* ''Pocket Empires (Preserved):'' These Pocket Empires include a number of small empires, which outlasted their parent government (polity) through the [[Long Night]] or after the [[Collapse]]. While these Pocket Empires often maintain the same name as their parent government (polity), they are more properly regarded as ''successor states''.

=== Standard Polity Growth Sequence ===
MACRO LEVEL:
* [[Proto-Society]] → [[Society]] → [[Civilization]] → [[Singularity|Singularity (Post-civilizational)]]

MICRO LEVEL:
* [[Proto-Society]] → [[Band Society]] → [[Tribal Society]] or [[Chiefdom]] → [[City-State]] → [[Nation-State]] → [[World-State]] → [[Pocket Empire]] → [[Interstellar State]] → [[Intergalactic State]] → [[Final State]] → [[Singularity]]

== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Intermediate}}
{{Sources
|S1= [[Classic Traveller]] [[Library Data (A-M)|Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)]]
|S2= [[Classic Traveller]] [[The Traveller Book]]
|S3= {{MT}} [[Imperial Encyclopedia]]
|S4= [[Pocket Empires]]
|S5= [[T5 Core Rules]] (pg.428)
|S6= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S7= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
}}


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