Imperium (Warhammer 40,000)
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| Form of government | Theocratic Oligarchy |
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| Official language | Low/ Imperial Gothic, High Gothic, Lingua Technis |
| Capital | Holy Terra (Earth) |
| Head of state | The God-Emperor of Mankind (de jure) High Lords of Terra (de facto) |
| Established | 30th Millennium |
| Governing body | High Lords of Terra |
| Population | Unknown but vast, at least tens of quadrillions |
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The Imperium of Man (Latin: Imperium Hominis) is a fictional galactic empire of over a million planets that contains the vast majority of humans in the forty-first millennium, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe created by Games Workshop.
[edit] Fictional background
In the fiction, the Imperium is depicted as a loose empire, nominally consisting of all human-inhabited worlds in explored space and united through imposed religious conviction, extreme xenophobia, militarism, fascism, despotic hierarchical rule, and threats of brutal disciplinary force. The founder of the Imperium, an enigmatic and mysterious persona known only as the 'Emperor of Mankind' who is an immortal who has gained his power over the millenia after partaking in every event in human history until the rise of the Empire, and is now in theory the supreme ruler of this galaxy-spanning empire, although in practice the highest tier of command is the supreme council known as the High Lords of Terra, based on Earth, who have ruled for ten millennia under the Emperor's name, as the Emperor lays dormant on the Golden Throne in a nearly unresponsive state of hyper-focused attention to maintain, among other things, the Astronomicon, a psychic navigational beacon dependent upon his powers alone.
[edit] References
- Chambers, Andy, Haines, Pete, and Hoare, Andy (2003). Warhammer 40,000 Codex: Imperial Guard, 4th Edition, Nottingham: Games Workshop. ISBN 1-84154-410-8.
- Counter, Ben (2006). Dark Adeptus. Nottingham: Black Library. ISBN 1-84416-242-7.
- Abnett, Dan (2004). Eisenhorn. Nottingham: Black Library. ISBN 1-84416-156-0.
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