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== Literature ==
* The Star Empire of Manticore in the later ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' novels is apparently heading in this direction, having acquired a certain taste for expansionism and imperialism, but still remaining [[The Kingdom]]/ [[The Republic]] good guys they started as. At the same time, Solarian League, despite quite obviously cracking at the seams, is still it big time.
**The Solarian League is in many ways a [[Vestigial Empire]]. It's military is mainly good for providing muscle for "Transtellers", that is [[Mega Corp|megacorps]] which resemble crime syndicates and make their profit by sucking frontier worlds until they are ruined. Which is [[Stupid Evil|hardly a concept Adam Smith would have approved]] and certainly not the manner of more refined Mantie merchants any more then having a [[Cannon Fodder|big hulking fleet of targets]] is what Manties would consider to be sound naval tactics. Of course the actual transport for their gargantuan companies is provided by Manties who can win the first round of the war just by evacuating their ships and leaving cargo to rot in warehouses. Basically the Solarians are like the Persians before [[Alexander the Great]] came slaughtering his way through. Calling them a Hegemonic Empire would possibly work in some of the core worlds and the richer frontier worlds. In large parts it is just an Empire and not a very classy one.
* ''[[The Culture]]'' engages in covert social engineering missions on other planets and civilizations to help them see the benefits of joining the Culture.
* Ankh-Morpork on the [[Discworld]] is one of these. It used to be the more traditional type of Empire, but this way was more sustainable. The city-state only directly controls a small portion of land, but its economic influence throughout the continent is almost limitless, and its production is so great no one dares invade for fear of being deprived of the very tools needed for invasion. It's also the center of all information trade, giving unequaled political clout in the region.
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