Commission for the Preservation of the New Order

The **Commission for the Preservation of the New Order**, or **COMPNOR**, was the principle social conditioning and propaganda apparatus of the Galactic Empire. It was responsible for turning ideology into implementable policy, manipulating media, engineering social change in line with the wishes of the Emperor and controlling the collective consciousness of the Empire. The agency was the successor of the Commission for the Protection of the Republic (COMPOR), a Republic patriotic organization formed during the Clone Wars.

## History

### Imperial period

COMPNOR, which replaced the Galactic Republic's Commission for the Protection of the Republic (COMPOR), originated as a popular ideological organization, and the Emperor quickly acted to draw it into his sphere of influence—within months of the Declaration of the New Order, the cultural and youth groups had been grafted onto the pre-existing framework of COMPOR. Crueya Vandron, one of the Emperor's advisors, played an important role in establishing COMPNOR as an asset of the Empire, with Sate Pestage and Ishin-Il-Raz also playing important roles.

Under the leadership of Vandron and Il-Raz, COMPNOR gained a powerful hold over the citizens of the Empire, and its organs insinuated themselves into every corner of society. The Imperial Security Bureau (ISB) was established as a branch of COMPNOR to act as a counterweight to Imperial Intelligence, and it became the Emperor's all-pervasive secret police organization. The Coalition for Progress established monitoring agencies to keep track of all aspects of life.

COMPNOR also influenced the Imperial bureaucracy, which was technically under the control of the Imperial Senate. The organization was able to place its members, indoctrinated to be loyal to Emperor Palpatine, in every level of government bureaucracy, thus strengthening the Emperor's hold over the Empire. In 0 BBY, the Imperial Senate was suspended by direct order of Emperor Palpatine. The end of the Senate left the field wide open for COMPNOR to step in. For all the power of the Moffs and Grand Moffs, COMPNOR stood behind them, still more powerful.

## Ideology

The New Order, which was the underlying ideology of the Galactic Empire, was strongly supported by COMPNOR. It criticized the perceived decadence and weakness of the Republic, and advocated an authoritarian and militaristic social and political culture.

The New Order emphasized Human and, to a lesser extent, near-Human supremacy, with other alien species like Wookiees, Mon Calamari, and Rodians subjected to discrimination or outright slavery. Antislavery laws were repealed and legislation legalizing the persecution of aliens was passed. As a result, the vast majority of the government officials were composed of Humans, with only rare exceptions climbing in the ranks of the military.

A high degree of male chauvinism was also seen in the Empire's military and government. Combining this with the alien persecution, the Empire was often referred to as having pro-HuMan policies.

## Structure

* Select Committee
	+ Coalition for Progress
	+ Coalition for Improvements
	+ Sub-Adult Group
	+ CompForce
	+ Imperial Security Bureau