Imperiumism

Imperiumism better known as Imperial Faith is the ideology of the Interplanetary state called Imperium of Mankind in the Warhammer 40k Universe. It is an extremely authoritarian, ultranationalist, militarist, monarchist and theocratic ideology practicing the cult of its Immortal God-Emperor.

"Love the Emperor, for He is the salvation of Mankind."

"Obey His words, for He will lead you into the light of the future."

"Heed His wisdom, for He will protect you from evil."

"Whisper His prayers with devotion, for they will save your soul."

"Honour His servants, for they speak in His voice."

"Tremble before His majesty, for we all walk in His immortal shadow."

- Imperial hymnal

[[File:PCB-Enlightab.png]] God-Emperor
The God-Emperor is a powerful, immortal psyker that founded the Imperium of Man and citizens of the Imperium worship him as their God. The Emperor himself wanted to eradicate religion and create a rationalist society under his rule (allowing only for the practice of the Machine Cult, due to the powerful technology in their possession). After one of his lab-grown sons, Horus lead a rebellion against him, The Emperor was gravely wounded and had to seclude himself in his throne room connected to ancient piece of technology - "The Golden Throne" that keeps him alive. In his absence a powerful cult formed around his person, that later became the Imperial Church. It is thanks to the Emperor's psionic powers that human starships can access interstellar travel.

The Two State-Religions
Imperiumism believes in and enforces two state-religions that both venerate the Imperium's immortal Emperor.

[[File:PCB-Catheo.png]] Imperial Church
The Imperial Church believes that the Emperor of Mankind is a living God of Humanity and enforces fanatical worship and veneration of him wherever their priests are able to reach. Based on the holy book the "Lectitio Divinitatus", Imperial Church's beliefs soak into every part of Imperial society. Imperial Church very often adapts local beliefs and incorporates them into their church, proclaiming local deities of newly conquered planets to be merely aspects of the God-Emperor as long as they're not daemonic in nature.

[[File:Reltrans.png]] Machine Cult
The Machine Cult is a religion originating on the Forge-World of Mars, its believers worship a deity known as the Machine God and believe that the Immortal Emperor is its living avatar known as the "Omnissiah". The Machine Cult believes machines have souls just as beings of flesh, often seeing those "Machine-Spirits" as more important than souls of humans. In spite of that the Machine Cult believes that true Artificial Intelligences or "Abominable Intelligences" as they call them, do not possess souls and creating them is a "Tech-Heresy". The Priesthood of the Machine Cult, The Adeptus Mechanicus composed of so called "Tech-Priests", hold virtually complete control over Imperial technology and industrial production. Priests of the Machine Cult often replace their natural bodies with machinery, believing it to bring them closer to their God.

[[File:Strato.png]] Extreme Militarism
Imperiumism is an extremely militarist ideology and it promotes a culture glorifying military service and conquest. Imperium of Man keeps a vast array of military organizations like the Imperial Guard, Imperial Navy and Space Marines Chapters.

[[File:OOTS.png]] Fatalism
"It is better to die for the Emperor, than live for yourself" is a common motto of Imperiumism. Imperiumism promotes a form of extreme fatalism and culture gloryfying self-sacrifice. The idea of dying for greater good is present in every part of imperial society, from religious texts to even art and architecture, where the symbol of a skull symbolizing self-sacrifice is one of the most commonly used themes.

[[File:Decel.png]] Practical Inefficiency
Imperiumism believes that the use of advanced technology should be limited to worthy and loyal people, usually high-rank military officers, aristocrats, Inquisitors and Tech-Priests. Imperiumism often advocates the use very archaic technology that needs large amounts of people to operate. While this may seem inefficient to some, it is in actuality a defense against rebellion. Due to difficulties in interstellar travel and communication, Imperiumism believes it is better to just make their starships and other technology harder to operate than risk that a small rebellion could use it against the Imperium.

[[File:PCB-HumanNat.png]] Human Supremacy over the Galaxy [[File:Space-ball.png]]
Imperiumism believes that Mankind is the supreme race, chosen by the one true God, their Emperor, to rule over the stars. All other intelligent races should either become subjects to humanity or be completely exterminated from existence.

[[File:PCB-Necro-zombie.png]] The Emperor
Even in his poor state, Emperor remains as unquestioned head of the Imperial government and Master of Mankind

[[File:PCB-AristocracyIcon.png]] High Lords of Terra
The Council of High Lords of Terra, also known as Senatorum Imperialis is composed of the heads of the most important imperial institutions such as Master of the Adeptus Administratum, Eccliesiarch of the Imperial Church, Fabricator-General of the Adeptus Mechanicus or Lord Commander Militant of the Imperial Guard. These people are the main governing body of the Imperium.

[[File:PCB-Ingsoc-icon.png]] The Inquisition
The Inquisition is an autonomous organization operating in the Imperium, divided into different "Ordos" they handle the matters of inner security, treason, investigation and destruction of major threats. They answer only to the Emperor himself, and high-rank Inquisitors have enough authority to order complete extermination of planets.

[[File:PCB-Sec.png]] Administratum
Adeptus Administratum is a giant bureaucratic apparatus of the Imperium that handles its administration

[[File:PolState.png]] Arbites
Adeptus Arbites is a law enforcement force of the Imperium. Its "Arbites" serve as police force, prosecutors, judges and executioners in one.

[[File:Extrapsy.png]] Adeptus Astronomica
The Adeptus Astronomica has the duty of maintaining the Astronomican for the Imperium of Man, the psychic beacon in the Warp directed by the mind of the Emperor that provides guidance for the mutant Navigators that pilot all Imperial starships in the galaxy.

[[File:Fed.png]] Planetary Governors
While the Imperium's government is strongly authoritarian, due to difficulties in space travel it remains strongly decentralized and local planetary governments are strongly autonomous and enjoy vast freedom in the way they rule over their worlds as long as they pay their taxes and fill in production and/or military recruitment quotas.

Personality
Imperiumism is an extreme religious zealot, suspicious of everyone, even his friends, constantly looking for signs of "heresy". He spends most of his time either praying to his God-Emperor or fighting in holy wars against Emperor's enemies. He hates occultism and would be willing to completely destroy entire cities or even worlds where "heretical" cults are found to "purge" them from corruption. He's also extremely xenophobic and paranoid of everything he considers "abnormal".

How to Draw

 * 1) Draw a black (#171717) ball
 * 2) Draw a golden Imperial Aquila symbol on it
 * 3) Draw one cybernetic red and one normal eye
 * 4) Done

Friends

 * [[File:PCB-HumanNat.png]] Human Nationalism - Glory to mankind!
 * [[File:PCB-Enlightab.png]] Enlightened Absolutism - Without the Emperor, we would be lost!
 * [[File:Reltrans.png]] Religious Transhumanism - Techpriests can be a little disturbing, but at the end of the day they are loyal servants of the Emperor.
 * Xenospeciesism - Yes! Suffer not the alien to live!

Frenemies

 * [[File:PCB-Necro-zombie.png]] Necrocracy - The God-Emperor is not a corpse! Stop calling me a necrocracy!

Enemies

 * [[File:PCB-Khorne.png]] Khorne - Foul warp-spawn, die!
 * [[File:PCB-CultAn.png]] Cult Anarchism - Slaaneshi heretic! Die!
 * [[File:PCB-CultEgo.png]] Cult Egoism - Heretic! *BLAM*
 * Xenoequalism - Equality with filthy Xenos scum? Heresy!  Die!
 * [[File:PCB-Chaos.png]] Chaosism - REMOVE CHOAS, REMOVE CHOAS, REMOVE CHOAS, REMOVE CHOAS
 * [[File:Waagh!Icon.png]]WAAAGH!ism - VILE XENOS!
 * [[File:Tau'vaicon.png]] Tau'va - VILE XENOS!

Wikis

 * Imperium of Man (Lexicanum)
 * Imperium of Man (Warhammer 40,000 fandom.com)
 * Imperium Warhammer 40,000 Imperium (TVTropes)

Videos

 * Imperium Introduction Cinematic (by Chapter Master Valrak on YouTube)
 * Imperium of Man (by The Templin Institute on YouTube)
 * The Emperor of Mankind (by The Templin Institute on YouTube)

Fan Opinion/Discussion

 * Is the Imperium of Man evil or are they the "good" race in 40k? (r/40kLore thread)
 * THE IMPERIUM HAS DONE NOTHING (morally) WRONG (by JustTheFacts on YouTube)
 * Why the Imperium of Man is Right (by General Films on YouTube)