Culture/Political

The Yanti Rikiru government is headed by the Monitor, who is functionally the military coordinator and overseer of the civilian government. The position of Monitor is arbitrarily appointed by the military power structure, generally from among themselves or prominent civilians, but is actually respected and seen as a position of trust and beneficence by the citizens of the empire. The empire is divided into Provinces, defined by the civil government, based on both territory and population. Newly settled worlds will generally make up their own Province, while existing worlds will be divided into 5 or 10 provinces. Every five years, the people of each province vote to elect key members of both local and Imperial ministries, which make up the civil government of the Yanti Rikiru. The Judicial Ministry, Legislative Ministry, and Governance Ministry make the laws and carry out the daily governmental functions of the empire. Each Ministry is headed by an elected Minister and from the 3 Imperial Ministers, the Monitor will pick a Prime Minister to supervise and coordinate the civil activities of the Empire. The Monitor runs the military. The Monitor also has the power to veto or modify the decisions or rulings of any Ministry in the Empire or of the Prime Minister. The Monitor can dissolve any or all Ministries at any time, instate the replacements of his choosing, and call a popular vote to replace them. Generally, the Monitor will not, allowing the elected representatives of the people to run things unless there is a time of crisis.

The Yantis have a strong, functional, militaristic society. Education, engineering, architecture, and infrastructure are all handled by wings of the military. The military also runs the Mirashesh, or the manufacturing sector for the Yanti Rikiru Empire, which is run as a highly aggressive and efficient Mega-Corporation. Citizens are generally employed by the military or run businesses with the military as a major supplier, though the monopoly is not legislatively mandated.