What important lessons about ruling and administrating an empire

>>2396787
The age of physical Empires is long over kiddo.

>>2396844
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7lDfE5rSdI
>inb4 'meaningless military posturing'
Pretty sure this is what OP meant by 'traditionalism and trappings' of empire, judging by the pic.
>ywn be a soldier marching in one of the russian military parades

>>2396787
God thats an ugly posters
the only good thing in the image is the old buildings

>>2396844
>what is the United States

Venetian Empire best Empire

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>>2396787
Over centralisation is dangerous kiddo

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>>2396942
>being more jewish than actual jews
>best empire
Wonder what the Byzantines have to say about this...

>>2396898
A republic. The ones that we own that are not contiguous part of the continental United States are laughable when one tries to put them into the context of an Empire. A bunch of shity Caribbean islands and the like.

No, ours is an Empire of the mind, of thoughts values and beliefs. We export this worldwide through our media and the world eats it up with Reckless abandon. This is how we've been able to push the democracy meme for so fucking long

>>2396964
Didn't the British already learn that lesson by establishing parliament as the main legislative body alongside the monarch during their empire in the late 19th-early 20th century?
>>2396970
>what are the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan and the subsequent puppet governments established soon after
Not every physical empire rules strictly through colonial possessions.

>>2396980
fuck, >>2396964 was supposed to be >>2396959 for this post

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>>2396970
>The Romans weren't a physical empire because they ruled themselves as a republic, and the fact that their culture was so contagious means their invasions and military conquests didn't count because they only fought defensive wars anyway

>>2396980
America is literally the shittiest puppeteer empire in the world then.

>put a new government in Iraq
>the government rules Americans have to leave

I don't mean it as a form of sarcasm. America objectively is the most cucked and benevolent bitch ass beta empire that ever existed.

>>2397011
Agreed, but that doesn't change the fact that by all technicality, they're still an empire, and a physical one at that, thus fitting the criteria.

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>>2396787

>Being tolerant and offering concessions to conquered ethnicities usually works a lot better in the long run than forced Russification, Sinification and so on, as the latter tends to happen organically for economic reasons
>you NEED good transport and communication systems, which is much of the reason why navies were (are) so important
>food security is kind of important
>must be a clear separation between military leaders and political leaders and good pay/supplies for soldiers
>don't decentralise power too much and don't allow governors to govern their home provinces, in other words don't let people independently accrue individual power (RIP Bo Xilai)
>meritocracy is the way to go
>if you're going through with political reform, do it slowly, gradually, and in a way that can be ideologically justified
>if a particular ethnic group is being a problem, outbreed them (Tibet, Xinjiang) or scatter them (Volga Germans), but don't attack them

All I can think of atm.

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>>2397017
Could these lessons be applied on a global scale for positive results? Or do these methods preclude the necessity of some kind of foreign opposition?
>inb4 ayys are the opposition
Unless they invade tomorrow, they'll only ever be an invisible boogeyman and might not serve to foster unity against adversity very effectively.

Economics is paramount and inflation must be controlled

Peaceful transition of power is vital

Do not outsource military matters, despite the extremely tempting short term rewards this offers

Horse archers are cunts

>>2397044
Feel free to debate me on this, but it seems like it would be extremely challenging to maintain a global empire, even if you were diligent about figuring out what previous empires did right and wrong. The first hurdle, and probably the most difficult to pass, is actually succeeding in world conquest, because naturally every other country in the world would be more than willing to band together and take you down in an instant to preserve their own sovereignty.
Assuming you were successful, no doubt you'd have to deal with a staggering level of civil unrest and chronic rebellions across the multitude of regions under your control, with nationalist and separatist groups popping up faster than you could count. Assassination attempts would be frequent, and military coups would probably be very likely as well.
The only way I could see these problems becoming a non-issue is if you were A: Immortal. B: Endowed with supernatural abilities, least of which being invulnerability to any man-made weapon. And C: Some method by which you could immediately respond to organized resistance, perhaps an orbital weapons platform, or tying back into B, the ability of instant teleportation with global range.

>>2396886
This seems like a very strange thing to pick out.