Imperial Remnant

The Imperial Remnant is the remnants of the Galactic Empire following the Galactic Rebellion and the Fallen War.

Galactic Empire
As the Clone Wars ended, Palpatine effectively abolished the Republic and formed the Galactic Empire, with him serving as the galaxy's emperor. For the next several years, the Emperor ruled with power and fear over the galaxy. Unrest grew until the formation of the Rebel Alliances, also known as the Rebellion, like-minded individuals that opposed the Empire. At first, the Empire downplayed the Rebel Alliance. However, after increase pressure due to several large scale attacks, the Empire officially declared the Rebel Alliance as a threat. The following battles between the two sides came to be known as the Galactic Rebellion.

Throughout the war, the Empire struck several victories, but also suffered defeats that crippled its war effort. Due to growing unrest and an exodus of systems from the Empire, the Rebel Alliance eventually gained the upper hand. Nearing its defeat, the Empire was saved by the arrival of Fallen and his massive fleet. Sending envoys to broker an alliance with Fallen and his forces, the Empire hoped to use them in a last ditch effort to turn the war around. However, the envoys were killed upon arrival, making it apparent that Fallen wished to combat not only the Rebel Alliance but the Empire as well. Suffering from several more defeats, the Empire neared total collapse.

When the Rebel Alliance began to lose territory to Fallen, they approached the Empire to form an alliance of their own against Fallen. Seeing that they could no longer fight both factions at the same time, the Empire and Rebel Alliance officially signed a peace treaty and joined forces, which eventually was enough to defeat Fallen.

Formation of the Remnant
After the Fallen War ended and the Rebel Alliance officially formed into the New Republic, the Empire decided to keep the truce and withdrew from Republic space. With its territory severely reduced and fragmented, the Empire underwent a drastic change in both leadership, government and structure. What resulted was the Imperial Remnant, with Palpatine still serving as its Emperor (though his power was reduced in order to provide stability). As the Imperial Remnant, the remaining territories began to rebuilt and recover.

Government
Unlike the Galactic Empire, the Remnant has several seats of power. While the Emperor has control over decisions that affect the Remnant as a whole, the Imperial Senate has control over local laws and governments for its territories, with each territory having several representatives. The Remnant's military was placed under the control of the three Grand Admirals, which share power equally.

Under law creation, control and resolution, the senate can override the Emperor's decisions by emergency vote in which 60% of the senate must vote against the Emperor in order to override the decision. Under military decisions, the Grand Admirals can override the decisions by a two-thirds vote.