With a vote opened by the Emperor, Darth Empyrean, the Imperial Assembly with an overwhelming majority has determined to pass the Homesteading Act of 902 ABY.
The bill consists of the following elements:
The Homesteading Act is just that, the neocolonization of conquered worlds. Loyal men and women, those who retire from our military, and those who have shown great valour in domestic production, will be given the opportunity to claim 400 hectares from worlds declared 'Imperialis Non-Grata', or those planets who yet fight against our rule.
Seizing of domestic assets will predicate any granting of land. Locals who live on these Hectares prior to the granting of said land will become tenant farmers under their new Baron - a title granted unto them as just reward for a lifetime of service.
OOC:
As our conquests begin to take over new worlds, many have strong holdouts of domestic terrorists. The Homesteading Act will benefit our story in three ways. First, it will give a rationale for how we bring worlds under our control more succinctly, in that we flood them with loyal workers who use their newfound wealth to bring these worlds into a more productive light. Second, it will flesh out a reason why our Soldiers join us and our military state - moreover, the gift of land will give us stories on how to distribute it, issues coming from the distributed land, and the sudden assassination of Land Lords we have previously appointed. Third, it will give us a final expansion to our worldbuilding, in that we have dragged dissidents who are both innocent and guilty and put them in a vast and empire-spanning prison system. This Prison System will give us stories related to managing and controlling an overburdened Prison-Industrial Complex that will in time begin to strike back against us, leading again to stories about sustaining our Totalitarian control over the Empire.
