Galactic Empire
The Galactic Empire, declared as the First Galactic Empire, commonly referred to as simply the Empire, was the fascist galactic government that replaced the Galactic Republic in the aftermath of the Clone Wars and ushered galactic civilization into a new age.
Also known as the New Order, the Empire was founded and ruled by Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine, who was secretly in fact the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious, at the end of the Clone Wars. The new regime rose to power with a groundswell of populist support, promising peace and stability from the destructive Clone Wars and capitalizing on anti-Jedi and anti-droid sentiment and human-ethnocentrism. The subsequent Age of the Empire would last only two decades in contrast to the centuries of the Republic Era, but not before the Jedi Order was systematically purged and almost eradicated, and the galaxy largely conquered and oppressed.
Foreign Relations
Type
Geopolitical, Empire
Capital
Predecessor Organization
Leader Title
Head of State
Government System
Dictatorship
Power Structure
Transnational government
Economic System
Command/Planned economy
Currency
Imperial Credit
Subsidiary Organizations
Official Languages
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Neighboring Nations
Notable Members
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