Editing MedHammer 40,000 Macharios (section)

==Grand Macharia, The Humbled Legacy==

The Government that rules in Macharios is name is a hollow shell of the Magnificence of its founder.

====Hegemon====
The Hegemon is the Commander of Macharia. Nearly every aspect of the State is under his discretion. The Hegemon is selected from among the Generals of Macharia. 

=====Selection=====
<!---Essentially they play capture the flag--->
When Macharius died, he willed his empire to "The Strongest," fearing that The High Lords of Terra or worse would take advantage of their infighting, it was devised by the generals to create a method of selection that could pass for a peaceful transition of government.

The selection process is a mock battle in which the generals and their honor guard fight on the fields of Macharia. Each general and his exactly 200 soldiers are required to take ceremonial non-lethal weapons in which they will fight. At the center of the battlefield is a fasces, which the general must bring to a ceremonial stand near where he begins. Because all elements of this battle is standardized except the techniques, strategems, and skill of the warriors, it is thought that this manner best exemplifies Macharius' last dictum, and ensures that the most skilled tactician is made to lead the State.


====The 35 Generals====
Macharia is a Military Dictatorship, and as such it is one that is managed by the generals. Each general technically governs over the entirity of macharia along with the other generals. In practice the generals are usually given territory to control upon the selection of a new Hegemon.

=====Junta=====

The Junta is the body of Generals assembled for the management of Macharia. When they act unanimously they can overrule the Hegemon. Additionally any member of the Junta can challenge the Hegemon in a fight to the death. Upon doing so he will be made Acting-Hegemon until the next selection.

=====Tallarn Flotilla=====

Once Tallarn was a planet in The Segmentum Tempestus, but that was before Rogal Dorn, the Segmentarch, decided that Tallarn's sun would better serve his plans if encased in a dyson sphere, and the sands of Tallarn would make for useful building materials. Helpless to resist, the Tallarns were forced to flee, and migrated throughout the Imperium. They had been stellar nomads for millennia before Macharius organized his great crusade. Lacking a true military, The Tallarn represented one of Macharius' greatest assets and both Tallarn Soldiers and Tallarn Ships brought many victories against the forces of chaos. Following Macharius' death the Tallarn are a major political force in Grand Macharia, and have no less than 10 of the 35 generals, who usually act as a single bloc.

Far away from their place of origin, and enduring the trials of a thousand years. The Tallarni people have taken to their new way of life and carved out a new place of power for themselves in the Segmentum Pacificus. No longer the Scions, the Tallarni Fleets are the most powerful force in Gran Macharia, an Independent Vassal of The Imperium of Man. The Tallarni represent the single most powerful faction within Gran Macharia, to the point where the Head Admiral of the Tallarni Fleets is considered the De Facto leader of the Junta of The 35.

====Rogue Trader Enclaves====
The Macharian government has very little interest in actually managing the domestic affairs of the country. Consequently it is not uncommon for the State to Lease out authority to tax and develop entire subsectors of the State to Wealthy Traders and Rogue Traders. These Enclaves agree to provide the Macharian state with an agreed upon portion of wealth, raw materials or equipment. 
=====House Hastfanstauffen=====
Contracts are usually renewed once a century, but when the Generals were more careless there were a few contracts made in Macharia that were leased in Perpetuity. This is the case with House Hastfanstauffen. Shortly after Macharius' death, the processed foods vendor Enrique Hastfanstauffen made an agreement for the development of two undeveloped sectors. Desperate for resources, the Junta agreed. The Hastfanstauffen lease should have expired after its death, but because of a loophole in the contract, the lease was returned to the Junta following the closure of the Estate. As such, "The Executor" continues to manage the Estate of The Late Enrique Hastfanstauffen.

====Ecclesiarchy and other Cults====
The Unofficial other branch of Macharian government, because the Macharian junta's general disinterest in Civil government, it often falls on other civic organizations to tend to the many needs of Macharius' citizens These Cults often build themselves into missions, communes, or enclaves, where the faithful can have some modicum of normalcy. Though the Aurelian Cult is significant, there are many more far flung and exotic religions in macharia. Even the Imperial Soter Cult, thought long since destroyed has a not insignificant following in Macharia. Given its proximity to the Eye of Terror, nearly all of Macharia, including its leadership are generally highly devout, giving the various cults considerable influence.