New Sith Empire

The New Sith Empire, often simply called the Sith Empire, was a galactic superpower that rose from the aftermath of the First Order-Republic War. Starting from Naboo's secession from the Republic, the Empire was largely formed from liberating Hutt controlled worlds, of which 80% agreed to join the Empire.

The Sith Empire was notorious for properly settling worlds that had previously scraped by under criminal squalor, leading worlds like Nar Shaddaa to become jewels of the galaxy. It also had a strong policy of indigenous sovereignty, leaving worlds like Tatooine and Tython to be predominately controlled by their native species like the Tusken and the proto-Rakata. It also developed an intense animosity with the Republic that led to almost permanent tensions. The tensions were apparently intentional as they kept either faction from truly dominating the galaxy.

The Jedi Temple is located on the Sith capital of Naboo.

## History

The Sith Empire formed during the Outer Rim Crusades in 36 ABY. As the Outer Rim Fleet liberated worlds from the Hutts and Republic corporations, ten of the liberated worlds banded together to form a new union with the Fleet and Naboo. They called themselves the Sith Empire, as a show of defiance to the Republic and the Hutts. Though in it's infancy it's Charter of Rights and Conduct, which dictated what laws the Empire could and could not pass, was written by Empress Tahraya and Darth Amorosa, the creation of the Imperial Council brought a hybrid democracy to the fledgling nation. By 41 ABY, the Empire had 28 member states.

Over the next five years, the Empire established itself and it's infrastructure, working tirelessly on the establishment of a new nation. Over those years, many proposals and suggested laws were deemed 'low priority' as the Empire set up it's resources, trade, diplomacy, government structure and the economy. Many of these 'low priority' bills were social freedoms, codifying the implied rights of the people, particularly women, LGBT citizens, aliens, workers, special protections for sex workers, bodily autonomy and protection and care of children. Darth Amorosa pressed that these rights could not remain implied and had to be codified into the Charter of Rights and Conduct, but the Council continued to focus on what it considered high priority.

## Government

The Sith Empire is governed by the Imperial Council, with a representative from every member world. As of the Reformation in 41 ABY, the Imperial Council has 27 members. The Council Speaker, the elected leader of the Council, leads and directs the Council sessions. The Council votes on proposals and laws. Ties in votes are settled by the Empress, as are delays in the voting process. If a proposal is tabled and not voted on in the same session, the Empress is given the decision of approving or striking down the proposal.

The Imperial Councillors serve terms of 5 years, and the decision to call new elections early is left up to the planet's local government. Councilors can also be removed from their position by the Dark Lady if there is evidence they are working against the Empire's best interest, though prior to 41 ABY, what counted as 'against the Empire's best interests' was extremely vague.

The Empire was led by the Empress, who took control of diplomacy and rendering sole decisions on proposals that were tabled yet remained undecided by the end of a Council session. The Empress was voted on by the citizens of the Empire, was legally required to always be a woman who could not feel the Force, and her appointment was for life. However, if the Empress was considered to be acting against the interests of the people, it was the duty of the Dark Lady to destroy her.

The Dark Lady of the Sith was the oversight for the government. She was always the matriarch of the Beniko Family, and hand-picked her successor in her apprentice. Her apprentice was always a daughter, either genetic or adopted, so the position was hereditary. The Sith operated independantly of the government and were tasked with protecting the people from government overreach. They guarded protesters, policed law enforcement, and enforced public safety measures. They were also military commanders, and the Dark Lady had unilateral control of the military. It was the Dark Lady's responsibility to remove Councilors and the Empress from power if they proved tyrannical, but before 41 ABY she had little recourse

In 41 ABY, during the height of the Y-Wing Party's power grab, the structure of the Imperial Government was forcibly reworked by Darth Amorosa, who destroyed the Council, autocratically pushed through legislation enshrining egalitarian protections into the Imperial Charter of Rights, and then called every member planet to elect new Council Members. As part of this reformation, Amorosa gave the position of Dark Lady the power to dismiss and/or arrest any Council member for any reason she deemed fit and call for a new election. The Dark Lady also had the power to unilaterally render citizens ineligible for public office.