After hundreds - possibly thousands - of years of this, the Vast Glub and the meteor apocalypse on Alternia put an end to that. The Silerian Trilogy: The Valdani Empire, which strongly resembles Rome. The real example in Nova is the Bureau, working through The Federation - they are an autocratic organisation (headed by a Chairperson) seeking to suborn all humanity under their rule, and already have control of one of the three major states of Known Space. In fact, it's repeatedly stated in the sourcebooks that the Kurita family (who rules the Combine) believes that it is their destiny to rule all of humanity one day. However, the Thalmor, an even more elven-supremacist group of Altmeri religious extremists, took credit within their homeland for ending the Oblivion Crisis, winning them massive popular support. It is the Latin name for the island of Great Britain, which was once the administrative and economic center of the British Empire. The Commonwealth itself originally started as the Vedran Empire before it became more egalitarian and switched to a republican form of government. Refine the search results by specifying the number of letters. However, it turns out Damasca is not actually evil. However, power struggles and feuding amongst the royalty and nobility seems to be commonplace. Last Res0rt has the People's Republic of Celigo, which is allied with the Star Org (and it's up for debate which half is really in control). The Second Cyrodiilic Empire was founded by Reman Cyrodiil I (though he himself would never hold the official title of Emperor).
The country is ruled by Prince Schneizel, who is still under Lelouch's Geass command to serve "Zero", and a group of remaining and competent former Britannian nobles. At the meeting in Ashford Academy, Lelouch and Suzaku take the council members hostage after it is revealed that Britannia's large population would give him a majority voting block. So the rebellious elements in society are rounded up and sent down to live in near-darkness and plot revenge. In Seekers of the Sky, the Roman Empire never falls in this setting and evolves into something simply called "the State". One Piece has the World Government. 89a Mushy British side dish. The Arch-Enemy of La Résistance.
While resistances and Peace Mark staged an attack on the Damocles in Madrid, Lelouch arranges the public execution of the Black Knights and the leaders and the United Federation of Nations representatives in a victory parade in the recaptured Japan, Suzaku, under the guise as Zero, "assassinates" Lelouch, thus ending his reign and completing the Zero Requiem. As if it weren't clear enough, the intro shows the emperor giving the Nazi salute to his subjects. It has been demonstrated that some Numbers (specifically the Elevens) seem to have little concern for the well-being of Britannian innocents, viewing them as no better than the government. Its top ranking generals are all Anti Villains (yes, even Prince Julius), and eventually get smart enough to realize their emperor is just a puppet of the Theocracy of Gazel, and decide to actually work with the leader of La Résistance (who happens to be their long-lost prince) to expose this. While conditions from inside are rarely shown, its aggressive expansionist policy makes it the enemy of all the republics, kingdoms, and stratocracies on the continent. In the 2012 cartoon, it started out as a Republic, and then became an Empire. He launches a genocidal campaign against Midland and even manages to take over its capital, employing brutal methods of ethnic cleansing, mass rapes and other atrocities. Tech Infantry has several factions, both human and alien, that occasionally or always fit this trope.
In Walter Jon Williams' Drake Maijstral series, the Khosali are this in the eyes of the Humanity Prime movement. On the upside, the League managed to avoid the worse excesses of Zeon. Notably, execution (such as by guillotine) was a standard punishment for failure in their ranks. He did also die in 1821 in our timeline as well, though this was in exile. Their M. O. has them inserting a covert operative to scout a planet for weaknesses, send in an invasion force, looting the place for resources, enslaving the survivors as a client race if they're useful or exterminating them if not, and converting the planet for a single purpose, such as a parking structure or a food court. The Green Lantern foes the Tchk-Tchk were an insectoid race whose expansion beyond their own planet the Guardians took issue with. The Draconis Combine is less subtle about it than the others, but all five are cut from the same ruthless cloth and are ruled by dynastic emperors. PACT), and the defunct New Empire. The grouping of the other five mighty nations, and they are certain they can win. It was rich, powerful, practiced both slavery, Human Sacrifice and had conquered all other countries of its world. The Empire is usually too strong to defeat militarily (unless the story is set in a war strategy video game), but taking down the leaders while they're instigating their sinister plan is usually enough.
The states of Alaska, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia are also in existence as Rolo assassinates targets in each of them. While not the strongest interstellar power, it is definitely up there, especially after the formation of the Trinary Alliance with the Bulrathi and the Meklar (two of humanity's fiercest enemies during the war). Season 2 of Star Trek: Picard sees the timeline altered so that instead of the Federation, there's the Confederation of Earth, a xenophobic military state that is conquering the galaxy and enslaving all non-human races. Tanya Huff's short story A Woman's Work showed a well-maintained, organized and competently led empire, all thanks to a Queen who very clearly has the Evil Overlord List memorized (the story plays it for a comedy, with some direct references to the list).
An Exercise in Futility has the Kalharian Empire. Their creations and legacy are still felt to this day, often being uncovered by the Garleans to further their own conquest. All hail Emperor Sulu!. The Confederacy in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. After Charles' defeat, Euphemia abolished Number-Area system and creates peace treaties but at the same time faces hostility from other nations. Or "Ascension Throne Britannia" calendar, also called the "Imperial Calendar", which is dated to the election of the Celtic super-king Alwin I. It was populated mainly by the first two races spawned from the Old Gods' corruption of Azeroth: The n'raqi (the Faceless Ones) and the aqir, an insectoid race that were the precursors of the Nerubians, the Qiraji, and the Mantids. And while there is an empty throne in its capital that symbolizes the fact that no one person rules the world, this is also a big fat lie. Although, they might have some trouble with that, considering whole platoons of their gun-packing Army (they have mechs and airships, too) are defeated with little difficulty by a group of adventurers armed with a sword, an axe, a bow, and some kind of barbed fishing fly on a string. His title is "Emperor" for crying out loud. He announces that Britannia intends to join the U. The Culture novels center on the interstellar civilization known as, well, the Culture. By the time of the (unspecified) World Wars in the mid-20th century, the Holy Britannian Empire had already become one of the three superpower nations that controlled a third of the planet, the other two being the Europia United and the Chinese Federation. The coup resulted in the darkening of the Jennerit's then throneworld of Jennar and everyone on it, including the Empress Lenore.
It was brought down by their own decadence, after centuries of murderous depravity spawned Slaanesh. Unlike most examples, this trope gets lampshaded and justified; its explicitly noted that "corpus" used to be a generic term for spacefaring merchant guilds and corporations. The conflict of Dreadstar is dominated by a war between two powerful empires for control of the Empirical Galaxy. Unfortunately, the Big Bad kills her Love Interest, and this ends up being her Start of Darkness. In Oz the Reflection, Alessandra Dolos and her assistant Jamie deliver groceries to an orphanage that is run by a nun. Star Wars: The Galactic Republic, which Palpatine turned into the Galactic Empire. Who is the game's immortal Big Bad. In 1808, facing an impending invasion of their homeland by Napoleonic forces, the Braganza dynasty of Portugal transferred their court to their American territory in Brazil, making Rio de Janeiro the new seat of the empire and raising the status of Brazil from a colony to a constituent kingdom of the newly-formed United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. This Empire was again a largely benevolent force that, for the most part, successfully united most of Tamriel. Other residences in the capital include: Belial Palace where Nunnally resided in the year between the first and second seasons; Warrick Palace, the home of Clovis' mother, Gabriella la Britannia and the Imperial Villa at Aries (アリエスの離宮|Ariesu No Rikyū), the residence of Lelouch's mother prior to her death. We add many new clues on a daily basis.