User talk:Etzan/Which International Relations Theory does your Empire follow?/@comment-4242472-20140927191336

The  is perhaps in a blurred region. Its interactions in GITO and the AGC along with its extensive collection of transnational corproations certainly lean towards it perhaps being an International liberalist power. Pax Draconica, where sovereign nations can trade political independance for protection and influence within the Imperium and access to its vast resources, infrastructure economic base, also add a hint of functionalism into the mix. But at its heart, and what defines is most, is that it is an empire built up on competition between powerful houses and corporations for supremacy within the Imperium. All under the unifying authority of the Grand Senate and ultimitely the paragavatus, a single head of state.

There's also the fact the Draconis themselves bear a self-proclaimed (but debateably justified) mantle due to their age and influence where younger powers must be nurtured to properly thrive in the big scary danger-filled universe.