Milky Way Imperium



The Milky Way Imperium is an interstellar government located in the Milky Way Galaxy. It is about two million light years from the Andromeda Galaxy, which is actually Galactic Prime, the galaxy that contained the Galactic Republic, the Jedi Order, and later Palpatine's Galactic Empire. The Milky Way Imperium was ruled by the Padashah Emperor, a member of House Corrino. The Milky Way Imperium had a legal and cultural bias against computers and droids with artificial intelligence, but fortunately it had orders that were adept at using the Force. One of these Force-using orders was the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood which was all-female and all-human, functioning like hyper-intelligent computers. The other was the Spacing Guild, which had a monopoly on the use of starships equipped with hyperdrive. The Spacing Guild was also all-human in membership.

Economy
The economy of the Milky Way Imperium was dominated by an interstellar corporation called CHOAM, which not only had a practical monopoly on interstellar commerce, but also local business and industry on many planets.

Politics and Government
Governmental authority in the Milky Way Imperium was based on the planet Kaitain, with absolute authority theoretically vested in the ruling Padishah Emperor, but in practice sharing power with a political assembly called the Landsraad, much like the Galactic Senate within the Old Republic and Palpatine's Empire. Representation in the Landsraad was vested in human nobles of various houses, most of them belonging to House Corrino, House Atreides, and House Harkonnen. Some Landsraad seats were filled by appointment by the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood, CHOAM, and the Spacing Guild.

Local government of individual planets and solar systems within the Milky Way Imperium was vested in noble rulers appointed by Houses Corrino, House Atreides, House Harkonnen, or minor houses.

Military and police forces included those owned by individual noble houses, CHOAM, and the Spacing Guild, as well as the feared Sardaukar legions under the direct command of the Padishah Emperor and the Landsraad. The Sardaukar rivaled the Galactic Empire's stormtroopers.