World Empire

"'As fortold in the book of Revelations... the antichrist arose from the shadows and established lordship over all the world.'"The World Empire was the state created by the Averte Statum after the Great Unification. It consisted, nominally, of all the land on the Earth, which was all officially property of the Averte Statum leader.

In 82 AU, the Averte Statum was abolished completely, and the Emperor began introducing parliamentary and later direct democracy. In 91 AU, the last Emperor, Treonarch, retired and left earth on board one of the first ever sleeper ships. After the position of Emperor had been vacant for nine years, the title was abolished and the Empire became the World Republic, although the term Empire was used to describe the global government long after the actual Empire's abolition.