Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-65.29.225.205-20130427160705/@comment-7186329-20130505180124

The entire setup of the Imperium can be justified. The Emperor knew what to do in order to create a stable and functioning government and system.

The reason the Eldar even `fell` in the first place was becoming too advanced for their own good. All their labor was done by technollogy, leaving them with too much free time for their own good. And so they turned to all sorts of activities.

The Imperium is set up to incorporate manual labour and so the majority of the technollogy is assembled and run manually. Did you know that the bullets and projectiles of the military are made by hand by tech-priests? The reason for that labour is mainly to give people something to do, and to avoid any usage of AI.

The more numerous a species, the more disregard there is towards the individual. Even so, The Emperor did take the individual,average citizen into consideration when He ruled, despite the Trillions of humanity.

Once the Eldar Webway was invaded and the Imperium was united like never before, then you have the best possible setup for a civilization and system for 40k. All major worlds could have been connected, making the Imperium virtually unbreakable. Too bad that didn`t happen.