Imperialism in Code Geass

In Code Geass, the foremost enemy for the heroic Japanese freedom fighters is the Holy Britannian Empire. The series could hardly be called a developed political tract, but it holds strong in its anti-imperial principles to the end, even as it takes its wildest turns. But one question is never actually raised: what, exactly, is an empire?

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