Second Galactic Empire (TDS)

The Galactic Empire, also known as the Second New Order, the Second Galactic Empire, Marcus's New Order, the Imperial Remnant, the Empire Reborn, the Imperium or simply the Empire, was the galactic government established by Acting Emperor Marcus Lai to partially replace the Galactic Republic in 5 ABY by breaking away from the collapsing Empire and rebuilding it from the ashes: bringing Sith rule to the galaxy.

Government and politics
The Empire was ruled with absolute power by (originally Acting Emperor) Emperor Marcus Lai, with Sect Pestage as Grand Vizier whom dealt with the Emperor's basic day-to-day activities, Grand Admiral Thrawn as Supreme Commander of the Imperial Navy, with Stefan Thomas (aka Darth Clavis) as Military Executor while Ground Marshall Maximilian Veers became Supreme Commander of the Imperial Military.

Executive branch
The Executive branch of the Empire was greatly commanded by the Emperor's Inner Circle of Grand Moffs, Moffs and countless Nobles from countless worlds, the Inner Circle were led by Sect Pestage and advised by Adriana Lai.

Legislative branch
The Legislative branch of the Empire was known as the "Council of Moffs" made up of all the Moffs and Grand Moffs of the Galactic Empire, they were led by Grand Moff William Tarkin and advised by Grand Moff and Imperial Vassal Goddard Ivar (aka Darth Gravo).

Judicial branch
The Empire's Judicial branch were divided between the the Supreme Court, Regional Courts and eventually the which were Dark side Force sensitives that could sense the truth from guilty parties, allowing easy management of right and wrong.

Other Imperial organizations
The most powerful Organization controlling the efforts of the Empire were the New Sith Order and the Order's public faces: Royal Guards, their Elite Shadow Guards, Imperial Inquisitors and the Imperial Knights with the former three being expertly trained Dark Jedi, Sith Inquisitors and Sith Warriors respectively.

Economy
The Second Galactic Empire had a very complex and diverse economy. Following the Clone Wars, the Empire started a process of stabilization and expansion of the economy. While the Imperial Periods saw some increases in state control and centralization of economic procedures, it had little effect on the galactic economy, as witnessed in the virtual non-existence of inflation. The Empire did nationalize some corporate entities, though such actions were mainly reserved for those companies that were part of or supporters the Confederacy of Independent Systems, and later those who favoured and aided both the Vagaari Empire and Killiks during the War with the Empire's Ally: the Chiss Ascendency. The Empire did assume direct control over some of the spoils of war from the Separatists, but most of the assets were given over to loyalist companies such as Kuat Drive Yards, Sienar Systems, TaggeCo., and Merr-Sonn. Unless acting in opposition to its interests, the Empire largely left loyal companies alone and even expanded the Corporate Sector to encompass 30,000 star systems. In return for the support given to the Corporate Sector Authority, the Empire would collect a yearly stipend of 3% of the total gross product, 9% of all material, and 20% of all strategic rare elements coming out of the Corporate Sector.

The Empire also dedicated its vast economic resources and quintillions of credits to expand the Imperial Military and to fund new scientific developments in a wide variety of fields. This military build-up would eventually result in the Imperial Navy fielding millions of starships, the Imperial Army being comprised of tens of trillions of soldiers, and the creation of a vast force of Stormtroopers.

Arts and media
The role of art and media in the Second Galactic Empire was primarily didactic and similar to Palpatine's Order; cultural expression served as an instrument for inculcating New Order ideology. During its short existence, the Empire was not particularly brutal in the suppression of artistic culture, as it was primarily interested in military and political dominance. However, pressures from the New Order left their mark on the art of the Imperial period.

The policy of distributing Imperial propaganda was maintained by the Imperial Ministry of Propaganda, the Imperial Propaganda Bureau and the Propaganda Dissemination Section. Imperial Holovision, the successor of HoloNet News and a leading galactic provider of news and entertainment, adopted a pro-Imperial stance and thus, was the Empire's most powerful propaganda tool. All Imperial media was verified, reviewed and censored by the Imperial Board of Culture.

The official sport of the Empire was wegsphere, a competitive game invented by SAGRec, that could be considered one of their greatest successes. While wegsphere was originally introduced as a sporting activity for COMPNOR members, it became surprisingly popular through the galaxy, spreading to thousands of worlds. The official Imperial shockball team was, presumably, the Royal Shockball Team.

Religion
The Main centre of Religion in the Empire was the basis of the use of the Force in all parameters, especially of the Dark side, however the Empire didn't dissuade the learning of the Light side so-long as it didn't work against the ideals of the Empire.

Military
Assistant Supreme Chancellor Marcus Lai at first expected great things of the military during the formation of its predecessor, as they did with the Clone Armies the Clone Wars, but it was a bitter failure. Marcus failed, like his father at the time, to notice that the strength of the army was greatly augmented by the presence of several legendary Jedi leading them. Thus, the new Imperial Military was not half as good as he expected in their first battles without Darth Clavis and Darth Vader leading them.

The Imperial Military was the military arm of the Second Galactic Empire. Consisting of predominantly the Imperial Army and the Imperial Navy, it was responsible for carrying out military operations throughout the galaxy, as well as maintaining order on Imperial member worlds, governorships, colonies, and protectorates. Since the Empire's New Order was based on fear of force, the Imperial Military formed a very important part of the Imperial government. Even so, the fleet would prove somewhat insubordinate, and a tension between the Coruscant government and the fleet admirals existed throughout this period, creating the need for the to install political officers throughout the military as minders and for the Warrior Emperor himself to take personal action in the Navy and Army.

For the start of the Empire, the Imperial Military was mainly made of Stormtroopers that succeeded the Republic's Clone Troopers and B1 and B2 Battle Droid Guards, however eventually certain worlds would come to be recruited into the Imperial Military as new soldiers.

Astrography
The Astrography of the Empire was built off the territories garnered by some of the Outer Rim, Mid Rim, Colonies and the Unknown Regions. Much of the Tingel Arm and the Outer Rim was under its direct sway, it continued to hold control over Sith Space and had a trade route with the Corporate Sector, it controlled the Shipyards of Bilbringi and over Bakura.

Noted territories:

 * Diluculo sector (Capital sector)
 * Diluculo system (Capital system)
 * Moltor
 * Minoro
 * Diluculo (Capital world)
 * Gasero
 * Hospilite
 * Serbaas system
 * Serbaas Shipyards