> it could be the maximum size for any empire in the universe without the use of some kind of FTL technology. But perhaps communication with the capital isn't

> it could be the maximum size for any empire in the universe without the use of some kind of FTL technology. But perhaps communication with the capital isn't even necessary if you could clone the function of the capital? Imagine, for example, a cluster of AI agents, that are programmed to think just like the capital compromised of humans would, spread out throughout the universe. Each clone site may be limited to a solar month of reach, but the system as a whole would theoretically remain a single empire.