State of the Church

The State of the Church, officially known by its full title State of the Church of the Dark Side and often simply called "the Church", was a quasi-sovereign entity established in the months after the based on the. Although the Church had been originally formed as an psyop to control different breakaway warlords, after Director 's takeover of the  government from acting-Emperor, a number of Prophets split off from the organization upon Isard's betrayal. Since prior to Isard's coup, Pestage had recognized the Church of the Dark Side's representatives on as foreign diplomats, this led to the Prophets to claiming that the Church was a completely independent entity from the Empire. Secretly, the resurrected Emperor Palpatine on gave his support to the organization as a way of influencing galactic affairs in preparation for his return in 11 ABY.

The heads of the new State of the Church were mainly true, members of the original pre-Endor group of Supreme Leader , who split off from the main Imperial Intelligence-controlled organization after the attempted to lead a coup against Isard and failed. The new Church, led by Prophet Sebastian Roatta and his allies, attempted to forge alliances with other s, while acting as an independent entity.

Behind the scenes
The organization is based on the from Legends, an expansion on it. Other inspirations include the Holy See and the Vatican City State.