Romulan Star Empire
Facts
- Full name: Romulan Star Empire
- Center of government: Romulan Senate House, Ki Baratan, Romulus
- Population largely comprised of Romulans
- Subject worlds
- Annexed territory organized in tiers based on distance from core (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
- Furthest reaches known as outworlds (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
- Annexation proceeds in series of expansionary waves rather than constant territorial acquisition (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
Bordering territories
- Klingon Empire (Various)
- Tellati (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
- By mid-2370s (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
- United Federation of Planets (Various)
- Border established 2160 following Earth-Romulan War (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
History
- July 22, 2155: War begins against the Coalition of Planets upon attack against various United Earth facilities (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru, Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Non-Earth nations withdraw from conflict July 2156 due to significant weakness against telepresence attacks (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- War ends July 29, 2160 with Battle of Cheron (ENT: "In a Mirror Darkly, part II"; ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm; TNG: "The Defector")
- November 9, 2160: Official surrender of Romulan Star Empire to United Earth and establishment of the Neutral Zone (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm; TOS: "Balance of Terror")
- 2311: Withdrawal from interstellar affairs following the Tomed Incident (TNG: "The Neutral Zone")
- Occasional, often combative interactions with nearby neutral powers, but no interactions with larger nations outside covert espionage and infiltration
- December 2364: Return to interstellar presence following then-unidentified Borg attacks against outposts along border of Romulan Neutral Zone (TNG: "The Neutral Zone")
- October 20th, 2379: The entirety of the Romulan Senate and Praetor Neral are assassinated by Senator Tal'aura acting under the auspices of significant Reman military hero Shinzon in an unexpected coup. (Star Trek: Nemesis)
- Shinzon himself is killed in combat with the USS Enterprise November 9th, leaving a power vacuum that threatens to upend the entire Empire and resulting in the loss of control of a number of outlying worlds. (Star Trek: Nemesis; TNG Novel: Death in Winter; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
Political Structure
- Military: Romulan Guard
- Executive
- Praetor practically serves as head of state
- Romulan Praetors
- Officially, the Empire is led by the Emperor/Empress, but by the 22nd century this position is largely ceremonial
- Selected by the Senate Continuing Committee
- National technological development led by Chief Technologist (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- Praetor practically serves as head of state
- Legislative
- Romulan Senate
- Led by the Proconsul (TNG: "Unification")
- Romulan Proconsuls
- Commonly translated in the 22nd century as "First Consul" (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- Vice-proconsul (Second Consul) immediately beneath in rank (TNG: "Face of the Enemy"; TNG Short Story: "Turncoats")
- Proconsul also serves as commander-in-chief of the Romulan Guard (TNG Novel: Death in Winter; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Not explicitly stated by texts, but implied
- Death in Winter established Tomalak as newly-appointed commander-in-chief December 2379
- Taking Wing established Tomalak as newly-appointed Proconsul December 2379
- Not explicitly stated by texts, but implied
- Romulan Senators
- Divided into subject-matter divisions similar to executive departments found in other governments
- Medical Division (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)
- Led by the Proconsul (TNG: "Unification")
- Romulan Senate
- Legal framework
- Upon conviction for any significant crimes, convicted are granted a public Right of Statement prior to their execution (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm; TOS: "The Enterprise Incident"; TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
- Granted to all citizens regardless of status or caste (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
- Statement presented to all those impacted by crime (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
- For acts against the state, statement is recorded and publicly broadcast to allow the convicted to explain their actions and motives (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm; TOS: "The Enterprise Incident")
- No limitations on length (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm; TOS: "The Enterprise Incident")
- Upon conviction for any significant crimes, convicted are granted a public Right of Statement prior to their execution (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm; TOS: "The Enterprise Incident"; TNG Novel: Death in Winter)