>galaxy sized clusterfuck that has only been "united" from anywhere to a couple centuries to a decade depending on the world
>the military gets gutted in a civil war and the guy who conquered the galaxy gets shanked and turned into a lighthouse
>the empire still stays united for ten thousand years
There are more human nations in Warhammer than there are in 40k. Think about that.
>>54321314
there are probably thousands of independent human worlds in 40k, they're just utterly irrelevant. in fantasy they're only mostly irrelevant.
>>54321348
Yeah.
A country in Fantasy is automatically relevant because it controls a sizable portion of mankind.
A whole planet in WH40K doesn't mean shit compared to the Imperium. Not to mention the Imperium probably still hasn't rediscovered everything.