Imperial barony

A barony in the Galactic Empire was a corporate territory (a star system directly governed by a corporation or chartered company) that was absorbed into the Empire and placed under the governance of a baron, who assumed control of the corporation's operations in the area. Corporations whose territories turned into Imperial baronies include the Trade Federation, InterGalactic Banking Clan, Corporate Alliance, Commerce Guild, and Techno Union. One example was the Barony of Cato Neimoidia (previously the capital territory of the Trade Federation), led by Baron Merillion Tarko.

Some corporatocratic barons also served as moffs of the sector their barony was in.