Editing The Imperium of Man (section)

===Tl;dr===
[[Tl;dr]] the Imperium of Man has [[Lulz|more in common with the]] [[Star Trek|United Federation of Planets]] [[Derp|in terms of government structure than it does with the]] [[Star Wars|Galactic Empire.]] They're allowed to rule with relative independence, as long as they pay their tithes and obey the [[Imperial Cult]]. This does, of course, lead to many worlds being shitholes ruled by greedy homicidal tyrants, but there are plenty of examples of peaceful and even prosperous worlds. It really depends on galactic location and just chance. As long as you're not a xenos race or attempt to [[Badab War|cut ties]] [[Macharian Crusade|with the Imperium]], you have a chance of living a life that at worst is difficult rather than outright hellish. And with millions of worlds with ''trillions'' of people inhabiting them, those chances might actually be decent. The vast majority of worlds are Civilized Worlds (also known as "Imperial Worlds", but that is a stupid and confusing name so fuck that) and the vast majority of Civilized Worlds are quite pleasant places to be and are still pretty much what the Great Crusade created barring the addition of the Imperial Creed over the Imperial Truth. Most of the grimdark happens on a handful of worlds in the Imperium and even then only specific spots (like the Underhive of a particularly harsh Hive World or worlds that end up stuck in the front lines of the newest war). For all but a minuscule number of humans, life in the Imperium isn't necessarily the hell on Earth it's made out to be in the fluff. You have a guaranteed job (that is not going to hurt you, unlike working on a Forge World), a higher standard of living than a modern first world country (civilian technology is quite advanced still since nearly every world produces it so it can't really be lost, unlike advanced military tech), easy access to extremely cheap transportation, etc. Oh, and a military network that helps with the literal swarms of actual monsters running around, let alone psychic infohazards that want to eat your soul for eternity. So, as long as you can dodge the draft into the Guard, you'll be totally good (until the Commissar or local priest comes looking for you for dodging).  Although, there aren't drafts for the Guard (depending on world, but it's rare).  Conscription is performed on rare occasions to provide manpower to nearby warzones temporarily and once that battle is over the survivors are usually returned home, and if said battle didn't have conscripts deployed on it your home would likely be the next on the menu.  This might seem oddly generous, but remember: '''the Imperium isn't oppressive simply because it can be.''' That isn't to say it's the "good guy" by a long shot, but it's far from being outright villainous, at least by the standards of it's contemporaries. The fact this nightmarish slice of the worst periods of human history is still the best, or at least the only viable, option shows exactly how horrible and [[awesome]] 40k is in comparison to other settings, not a tale of good vs evil as idealized by so many writers but a magnum opus on the matter of a war for collective survival, a more sincere narrative of our own species seeing through a false mirror, mixing up sheer ridiculousness with satire and still being able to produce compelling stories within. Don't take this shit as real life gospel and remember it is fictional. Yes, [[That Guy]], we mean you. Please be more like [[This Guy]].

In short: Big tank cool. Real life politics outside of polling booth not cool. Got that? Then you're good.