Talk:Mykarian Empire/@comment-3155949-20140108010640/@comment-4364108-20140113224906

Imagine as if the galaxies were The United States. So split up each into several states where the Governer of each state had almost absolute Authority in his state. Now imagine the President of The US controls 4-5 states. The president/emperor can only tell the other states what to do because of his military power, (In the case of the Emperor Raen he also is the De Jure leader as while as the De Facto leader.) and the other states are constantly fighting each other to try and be the most powerful so they can be the De Facto ruler. The States are typically too afraid to attack The Emperor because they fear everyone ganging up on them, but The Emperor won't attack either for fear of causing a widespread revolt. This leaves the Mykarian Empire nigh impossible to defeat from the outside, but subject to splitting and very frequent civil wars that leave it vulnerable to attack.