Why are there no IMPERIAL minor factions?
- Thread starter SaliVader
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I always thought this was just a bug in the filters and such government type never existed.
Does an imperial government type even make sense? Aren't all factions in the game kind of imperialistic?
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This is actually correct. However there is one caveat. This is for the Thargoids the Imperialist will enslave![cool]
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Alex the Awesome, and independent city-states? I doubt in some remote dictatorial or oligarchal outpost, the government there would have been described as "Alexander-the-Great-ian".
But I agree that perhaps "dictatorship" could be sometimes replaced with Fifedom or something implying where the taxes go, and who shows up and stays, if you need Imperial military help.
I get it, that various local protectorates are actually described by their local government type, and not where the basking tithes go. It's just brutal honesty and a tip of the crown to how local systems are run.
American Hippies in the Viet Nam era: No spreading "democracy" at the point of a gun!! Don't go around overthrowing regimes!! Budding corporatism is the great evil, you're transparent!!
American Hippies in this era: We won't fight ISIS on the ground in Syria unless we can overthrow the current government!! They're evil!!
I'm not taking sides, just pointing out how things change. And, Yes I have had both those opinions clearly expressed to me by noble warriors then and now, I'm not supposing anything.
I think the Empire is simply being flexible, while flexing its (significant) differences from the Federalis. Yeah, our control extends to various systems in various states of isolation.
Edit: Also, in the late 70's it was common to believe that the crushing weight of bureaucracy did indeed squish the Roman Empire. I don't know if that opinion is still held. It's possible that the Empire doesn't burden itself with massive and unnecessary bureaucracy.
But I agree that perhaps "dictatorship" could be sometimes replaced with Fifedom or something implying where the taxes go, and who shows up and stays, if you need Imperial military help.
I get it, that various local protectorates are actually described by their local government type, and not where the basking tithes go. It's just brutal honesty and a tip of the crown to how local systems are run.
American Hippies in the Viet Nam era: No spreading "democracy" at the point of a gun!! Don't go around overthrowing regimes!! Budding corporatism is the great evil, you're transparent!!
American Hippies in this era: We won't fight ISIS on the ground in Syria unless we can overthrow the current government!! They're evil!!
I'm not taking sides, just pointing out how things change. And, Yes I have had both those opinions clearly expressed to me by noble warriors then and now, I'm not supposing anything.
I think the Empire is simply being flexible, while flexing its (significant) differences from the Federalis. Yeah, our control extends to various systems in various states of isolation.
Edit: Also, in the late 70's it was common to believe that the crushing weight of bureaucracy did indeed squish the Roman Empire. I don't know if that opinion is still held. It's possible that the Empire doesn't burden itself with massive and unnecessary bureaucracy.
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"Imperial" is a holdover from earlier versions of the games.
In FE2 and FFE, there were no minor factions or local governments within the superpowers. On the Federation side, you had "Federation Member" for high-population systems, and "Federal colonial rule" for smaller systems. In the Empire, you likewise had "Imperial Rule" and "Imperial colonial rule".
I believe something like this was originally blocked out for ED, for the Empire at least, but very early in ED's development, they decided to switch to a more decentralized model, with the minor factions taking the form we currently know them as. This left "Colony" and "Imperial" as defunct government types on the map filter.
In FE2 and FFE, there were no minor factions or local governments within the superpowers. On the Federation side, you had "Federation Member" for high-population systems, and "Federal colonial rule" for smaller systems. In the Empire, you likewise had "Imperial Rule" and "Imperial colonial rule".
I believe something like this was originally blocked out for ED, for the Empire at least, but very early in ED's development, they decided to switch to a more decentralized model, with the minor factions taking the form we currently know them as. This left "Colony" and "Imperial" as defunct government types on the map filter.
I'm pretty sure I've seen Colony during my travels outside the bubble. In the pleiades maybe?
I think your onto something with this, there are no imperial governments because that would be competing with the empire, they are called Patronage as that form of government exists underneath the greater imperial system
Judging by what has been published by FD in terms of the nature of the government within the Empire, it is more akin to the ancient Rome during the late Republic and early Imperial periods, rather than the mediaeval European feudal model. "Patronage" is thus an adequate description of the "purest" form of Imperial government functioning as fully intended, with the other Imperial forms of government considered to be tolerated aberrations of this. This is evidenced by having all of the factions present within Achenar itself being Patronages.