Definition First let me say I don t have anything personally against defining empire as a state where the people in power hold sway over a group or groups of people culturally different from them However I have not seen empire defined that way ANYWHERE I ve been looking through dictionaries and most simply say any state that is either big or composed of multiple nations that could mean multi ethnic I suppose is an empire I didn t even see a single reference for the article s definition of empire This really bothers me cuz I went to a lot of trouble creating and now defending a page based on this definition If someone doesn t address this I might have to put a tag up I d really hate to do that cuz I know I hate it when folks tag the hell out of me for minor stuff But this ain t minor Scholars do debate what constitutes an empire another definition of which is any extensive enterprise under a single authority hell McDonald s is an empire by that definition Can we please talk about this and put the issue to rest i know I can count on you all PEACE