Imperial Remnant (5 ABY)

The Second Empire, also known as the Imperial Remnant and officially the Galactic Empire or simply the Empire was the galactic, autocratic government which replaced the Galactic Empire in the aftermath of the Galactic Civil War, transforming from a centralised state to a confederation.

After the signing of the Galactic Concordance with the New Republic, a rump state developed and was referred to the Second Empire under Gilad Pellaeon of the Imperial Navy who declared himself Grand Vizier and formed a Council of Moffs and opted to keep Emperor Palpatine posthumously as head of state due to beliefs that he survived the Battle of Endor.

Government
After Gilad Pellaeon took over the Empire, he placed himself as Grand Vizier and refused to declare himself Emperor. While doubting himself Palpatine was somehow alive, most remaining Moffs did believe him was somehow alive and Pellaeon felt content to simply keep Imperial throne reserved for the late Palpatine. But in practice Vizier Pellaeon held the executive power and headed a Council of Moffs from the eight remaining sectors under Imperial control. Each sector in Imperial Space was governed by a Moff, and the systems within remained under Imperial rule by their own choice, preferring the efficiencies of New Order policy.

Military
The Imperial Military was transferred over to the Second Empire and retained it name but went under a process of demilitarization including the abandonment of the galactic-wide network of Imperial Academies under treaty rules. With the training of stormtroopers was prohibited by the Galactic Concordance, Imperial Army and Navy troopers would fill in the roles instead once held by the stormtroopers.