In Batman: Holy Terror, the United Kingdom and the Americas are all ruled by the Commonwealth, a more brutal version of the government established by Oliver Cromwell. In Japan, Britannian extremist democratic cells would take up arms in favor of the Black Knights, forming one or two divisions. He and his dukes are all evil sorcerers in league with demons. Crystal Lattice has the Cyberempire (also called the Cybercity) as one of the two Space Filling Empires on the planet. Mexico (and the rest of Central America). The Elder Scrolls: - The most prominent "Empire" throughout the series is the Cyrodiilic Empire, which has gone through three different iterations and, for the most part, has subverted or outright averted the trope, coming closer to The Good Kingdom (or at least The Federation). Averted with the Empire of New Britain Isles, the League of Tripoli, and the Shogunate of Yokohama. Empire aka the realm of the four parts of nature. They have millions of species enthralled to them, likely tens if not hundreds of universes in their domain, and likely an economy, bureaucracy and military/population size that goes beyond human comprehension. Amassing The Evil Army, it sets out to conquer all of its neighbours and be the sole superpower by force of arms. However, the Thalmor, an even more elven-supremacist group of Altmeri religious extremists, took credit within their homeland for ending the Oblivion Crisis, winning them massive popular support. Despite suffering heavy casualties, the Britannian military emerges victorious but did not stop the rebellion from spreading, forcing Britannian officials to take drastic measures and begin to heavily oppress the Japanese population. Kalpa Imperial: The story is about the cyclic empire that goes through endless circles of birth and destruction, with good and bad emperors, an endless dispute with the Savage South, war periods, and such. The Dictatorship can also overlap with the Empire, especially if they are ruled by a clique of totalitarians. As of Star Trek Online, the Klingon Empire has again reverted back to its TOS practices, once more dropping its alliance with the Federation and waging a war of conquest in the Alpha Quadrant.
With the dissolution of the Covenant, the UNSC is currently one of the dominant interstellar powers in the Orion-Cygnus Arm (despite an Insurrectionist resurgence), as demonstrated by the commissioning of the Infinity and the SPARTAN-IV program. Dragon Age: Origins has two: the Tevinter Imperium (a Vestigial Empire by the time of the games) and the Orlesian Empire, the true Empire of the game's present setting. The other great nation, the Bargon Empire, doesn't fit, though. Empire aka the realm of the four parts of society. The slave-master part is partially justified as if they hadn't ever had a slave, they would be incapable of channeling. It is located on the western continent, while Ishgar, the setting where most of the series took place, is on the eastern continent. Oh, and they say it's for our own good, though. The High Eunuchs agree to forgive Xingke for his part in the coup if he captures the Empress and using his Shen Hu Knightmare Frame and captures Kallen and hands her over to the Britannians. Second Black Rebellion.
The Zulu Empire is presented as having many positive qualities but is still a nepotistic monarchy in which members of the Royal House get the best of everything, as well as demanding submission from its own non-Zulu subject peoples that verges on a form of apartheid imposed by a dominant black tribe on other tribes. These characteristics apparently result in spite for the Britannians being built up, especially among the Numbers. The games in the Space Empires series even have a list of generic empire names and titles, all of which are cosmetic. Was a nation born from the defeated remnants of the British Empire and was the world's dominant military superpower that ruled over one-third of the world and one of the large Empire-unions that control Earth initially in the early 21st Century, the others being the Chinese Federation, the Europia United, and later United Federation of Nations.
For works named Empire, see this disambiguation page. Slavery of sorts is practiced, and there's at least some degree of restrictions on political freedom-the Infinite War began when outlying colonies began rejecting Earth rule and joining the Aeon. Hunter × Hunter has the Kakin empire, ruled by Nasubi Hui Guo Rou, who is forcing his children to fight to the death to become heir to the throne. It's also an example of The Magocracy, since the ruling Rahl dynasty were magic-users. This only succeeds in really pissing off aforementioned God-Emperor. In the military science fiction novel Victoria, the United States itself plays this role, at least in the eyes of the protagonist and his Christian Marines, not that they're much better. In reality, it's the crux of his own bid for godhood.
The Order of the Stick: Elan's father Tarquin not only controls his own three-pronged empire, but he uses his understanding of the world's narrative structure to deduce that it MUST succeed for a significant amount of else there would be no drama in a lone hero opposing it someday! With the aristocracy dominating the House of Lords, the Senate represents the common people. If the Empire and The Federation exist in the same universe, the two are usually at war, just recovering from a war, or dangerously close to getting into one (the latter two often coincide). The Empire is partly modeled after the Roman Empire, including the ranks (imperator, centurion) and the fact that their foot soldiers are called legionnaires. Doing so allows your influence to ensure Edelgard and the Empire remain true to their ideals without going Knight Templar, which ushers in an age of peace and reform just like in the other routes where the Empire is an antagonist. Overall it's now the second leading superpower in the ST universe after the Federation (discounting the Borg, Undine and Iconians). After the Zero Requiem, the Holy Britannian Empire was dissolved and later reformed into the Principality of Britannia. However, Sergius secretly groomed Livia Cassianus, a bastard child of the royal house (except she's actually his legitimate granddaughter from his late first son Faustus), to be his successor. The Planetary Consortium in Eclipse Phase. The only colony likely to survive will be End, the only habitable planet (besides the lost Earth) in the explored universe. Despite all of it, it's considered the closest thing to a unified culture the universe has; nearly every world uses Demon kredits, even if they live far on the frontiers. The Empire may be genuinely highly civilized, wealthy, organized, and/or vital, or corrupt, bureaucratic, sybarite and/or ossified. Water & Power in Tank Girl, corrupt corporate conquistadors.
They're also highly hypocritical. This was destroyed by Schneizel using his F. L. E. I. J. Various Chaos Warlords (both human and not-quite- humans-any-more) also sometimes manage to carve out their own mini-empires, usually numbering a few dozen or hundred worlds. Other races have similar terms, with the Turian Hierarchy, Salarian Union, Asari Republics, and Krogan Clans as a few notable examples. It's still an empire in that it conquers and annexes neighboring territories whether the people there want it or not. The Gem empire, despite covering far less territory overall, has completely conquered their entire home dwarf galaxy and portions of every other surrounding galaxy with a thoroughness the Galra can't match, and Moonstone believes that they would have conquered the universe by now if they weren't so methodical about extracting everything useful that they can before moving on. There's also Shendu's Dragon Empire, which has conquered about half of China and a portion of Southeast Asia. Averted with the Nietzschean Empire that never arose. With the departure of Napoleon and his imperial ambitions from history, a new Europe-spanning empire with democratic ideals arose, and would later become the modern Europia United. On the upside, the League managed to avoid the worse excesses of Zeon.
The election of the king and the repulsion of the Romans is the starting date of "Ascension Throne Britannia, " the universal dating system in Code Geass, which is similar to the Gregorian calendar of our world, though dated same years. Secret of Mana has an empire simply called the Empire that wants to harness the power of the Mana Fortress. It was Napoleon who orchestrated the greatest formative event which resulted in the creation of the Holy Britannian Empire. It takes almost half the trilogy before Simon really figures this out. There are also nations called the Island Kingdom and the Archipelago Principalities. The Hades Army the Justirisers spend the first half of the series fighting turns out to be just one division of the Daruga Imperial Army.
The American Empire/Imperial Americana from Ghost in the Shell and Appleseed. Other Across Clues From NYT Todays Puzzle: - 1a Turn off. The beginnings Second Black Rebellion came about in 2018 when Lelouch was met by the remains of the Black Knights in Babel Tower. By the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the "Britannians" were essentially the defeated remains of the absolutist aristocracy of the British Isles who had retreated to their colonial holdings in North America following the loss of their original homeland. Mostly they're an endless horde of Mooks for the Badass Army of the Spartans to fight, with the occasional monster ninja and demonic executioner here and there.