Royal Hegemony (Empire)

{AS}

In the dying days of Homeworld, just before the first AetherShip was created, a whole mess of human kingdoms put themselves together in a sort of union. They figured that pooling their resources and information would work to everyone’s beneft. Nowadays, Royal space encompasses roughly two thirds of the sea. So it seems that worked out.
Planets within the Hegemony are technically self-governing, and on paper the system seems strong: if you’re a part of the Hegemony, you pay some taxes and obey a few mandates from on high—usually well-meaning stuff like “no slaveholding”—and in return you get the support of the Royal Navy and a few other benefits, like emergency aid and a good working relationship with the Spell Caster's Union.
In practice, if it seems a little suspicious that a collection of starving monarchs went on to run the better part of the universe—well, yeah. It is. The Royal Families have been a relentless force of expansion for centuries, partly because they have the money and power to just demand that folks obey them—plus it doesn’t hurt to have the Royal Navy, who are more than willing to explain to an errant planet just how dangerous life is without their protection—but mostly the Hegemony’s power comes from their stranglehold on magic use in the sea.

Type

Geopolitical, Empire

Alternative Names

Hegemony

Demonym

Royals

Government System

Oligarchy

Power Structure

Confederation

Economic System

Market economy

Subsidiary Organizations

• Royal Navy
• Spell Casters' Union

Location

Royal Hegemony

Controlled Territories

• Royal Hegemony