Do most places where you're from have more people than that?

[He's totally curious]

Yeah. Chaotic's a good word for it. Unfortunately there's a lot of fighting between countries because of it, but at the same time like... There's lots of totally different cultures that find ways to work together, too. A lot of our space and science things are joint projects between tons of different governments.

[He considers her statement a moment.]

So this Empire runs most of the planets? What sort of government is it?