The Sanctian Empire

The Sanctian Empire was an insignificant monarchy headed by Alf Korrin until 150 BGW, when the elusive Shadow gave them the funding they needed to become the first Great Galactic Empire. No other empire had achieved the power it had before, and the entire Galactic War was fought because of this. "It began with the rise of the Sanctian Empire, a monarchy that had little power until it was supplied mysteriously with heavy funding from an unknown source. With the Sanctian Empire so powerful, other empires stood no chance. In previous wars all of the intergalactic nations were too small to have any power that couldn’t be taken by another quickly, however, now nobody could stand up to a powerful nation, and so preparation began. Preparation for war. - Galactic History"Soon after it rose to power, it was challenged by the similarly powerful Corlexian Republic. The Sanctian Empire declared war on the Republic in an attempt to remain unchallenged by other empires in power.

During the Intrabella, its first ruler passes away, giving power to his son, Brel Korrin.

Reign of Brel Korrin
Brel proved to be less than up to the job, he made some major changes to how the government structure, including allowing independent governments for each sub-region of his empire. This seriously counteracted the tightly efficient system that had allowed the Sanctian Empire to gain the upper hand up until the Intrabella.