Severan Dominate

The Severan Dominate is a secessionist Human empire under the personal control of Severus XIII. Originally part of the Imperium and consisting of worlds Severus acquired in the Periphery Sub-Sector of the Calixis Sector with the help of Dark Eldar, when the region began to plunge into chaos during the Spinward Front wars, Severus announced his annexation of the worlds under his influence into a private fiefdom, popularizing the move as a revolution against Imperial tyranny.

Beset on all sides by Imperial Troops, Orks, Dark Eldar, and Chaos forces, the Severan Dominate somehow continues to withstand them all, if only tenuously. Thanks to Severus' many agents and orators, its populations still rally to the cause of their despotic master and willingly renounce the rule of the Imperium. Militarily, the Dominate maintains a small but capable army of mainly PDF troops and mercenaries.

The Dominate maintains a bastardized version of the Imperial Cult used to enhance the power of Severus XIII. To this end, the Dominate maintains a corps of political officers known as Ducal Legates to enforce its ideology. Dominate ideology emphasizes three pillars, Interdependence, Justice, and honesty. While they seem lofty and progressive on paper, in truth Dominate ideology is twisted to allow for a functional totalitarian state.