Political Structure of the Protectorate and the Empire

The Trade Protectorate Treaty resembles a confederation of sorts. the Elder Planets - the Golden Hundred, or, more precisely, 112 of them - send their representatives to form the Upper Chamber of the Protectorate Parliament. The rest of planets covered by Protectorate beacon nets have their representatives in the Lower Chamber, with one Upper Chamber vote being equal to twenty-five Lower Chamber votes.
The supreme executive body of the Protectorate is the Board, composed of parliament-elected Masters, each responsible for his own field of policies. The Board has under its authority the united army of the Protectorate, the Advisor Corps, the Mercenary Hall, the Tax Chamber, and Trade Supervision.

The Empire is an authoritarian state, with the Emperor being the supreme executive, legislative, and judicial power, the most indisputable authority, God's steward, and the official ruler of the entire universe. His Word is Law. The Emperor does not have a name; if succession takes place, ordinary citizens never know of it.
Below the Emperor is the Council of Lords, a collegial body of imperial military aristocrats entirely dissimilar to the Parliament of the Protectorate; intrigue and conspiracies flourish in there, with each lord wishing to move one step closer to the throne while unseating (and preferably beheading) any rivals. The highest award is the Emperor's own throne, as, when he dies, a new one is chosen by the lords and from among the lords, too.
The General Staff, the Financial Tribunal, and the Colonial Office all report directly to the Emperor himself, and it is by his hand that all the officials and officers are appointed. Most of time, of course, it takes him no more than to sign the decrees carefully prepared by His Majesty's Chancellery...

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