The inner planets tend to, yes. It...varies greatly. Some are barely inhabited at all.

[The universe is very large. Even the Empire has trouble keeping track of them all.]

That...hmm. That is very different from what I know.

[Whether it's good or bad, she can't say. Maketh is quiet suddenly, focused on her hands. Finally she looks up. The truth remains what it always has been, and she has to acknowledge her part in it.]

You'd call it a military dictatorship, I believe.

[She had believed it the best way - the only way - for a long time.]