Imperial Tithe

The Imperial Tithe refers to the process of an Imperial world ceding its supplies to the Adeptus Administratum. It is measured in Grades, where officers of the Administratum calculate the number of materials, resources, and Imperial soldiers a world must supply.

Due to the size of the Imperium of Andarra, a large military force is required in order to sustain its massive borders. The Imperial Tithe was originally conceived by the Mother of Mothers as a way to encourage humanity to devote themselves to the ideals of manifest destiny.

Grades
A planet's tithe is determined by a Marshall and his accomplices, who would examine the worth of the planet and evaluate its tithe grade. These tithe grades determine the number of resources a planet must give to the Imperium. If a planet fails to meet its tithe, the Imperium will exact harsh punishments on the planet—the most common type of punishment are executions, but in the most extreme cases, where a planet has continuously failed to meet its tithe, the Inquisition will enact exterminatus so as to spread the message that failure will be met with blood.
 * 1) Exactis extremis
 * 2) * The largest Imperial tithe.
 * 3) * A planet must give 20% of its population to the Administratum, from which they would be processed into the Adeptus Militarum.
 * 4) * If a planet does not have a sustainable population, then it must hand over 45% of its industrial output and raw minerals to the Administratum.
 * 5) Decuma Primaris
 * 6) * The most common type of Imperial tithe.
 * 7) * A planet must give 10% of its population to the Administratum, where they would be processed into the Adeptus Militarum.
 * 8) * If a planet does not have a sustainable population, then it must hand over 15% of its industrial output and raw materials to the Administratum.
 * 9) Adeptus Non
 * 10) * This Imperial tithe is applied to a select few worlds, mainly Spartan homeworlds or the forgeworlds of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
 * 11) * Planets designated with Adeptus Non are given the right to not pay any tithe to the Imperium; however, they are advised to hand over 5% of its industrial output to the Imperium.

Criticisms
Since its inception, the Imperial tithe has been criticised for its harsh terms. Countless men and women have been taken away to be processed into the Adeptus Militarum, never to see the light of their homeworlds again. Planets have been stripped bare of its resources, restricting these planets from paying future tithes. In addition, before Emperor Karl Franz's coronation, there were more than a dozen different tithe grades; and the punishments were much harsher back then. After his reforms, however, the number of tithes were reduced to three tithes, as listed above. Nevertheless, the Imperial tithe continues to be a heavily-contentious point in the Senatorum Imperialis, with some of its most radical members calling for its complete abolishment from the Imperial bureaucratic system.