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==Culture==
While types of regimes and cultures differ greatly from world to world, there are commonly shared values and policies maintained by the Imperial central government. The worship of the [[Emperor]] as a god and the need for subject planets to pay the [[Imperial Tithe]] are rigidly enforced by agency's agencies such as the [[Ecclesiarchy]], [[Adeptus Arbites]], and the feared [[Inquisition]].{{Fn|3a}} In addition, the Imperium is militantly xenophobic and will annihilate entire [[xenos|non-human]] species. Besides aliens, [[Mutant]]s and [[psyker]]s also face ruthless persecution{{Fn|3c}}, though certain types of [[Abhuman]]s such as [[Ogryn]]s and [[Ratling]]s are tolerated. The Imperium views their violently xenophobic, anti-mutant, and anti-psyker policies as necessary for the survival of the human race amid a galaxy of violent aliens and [[Chaos|dark gods]].{{Fn|3b}}{{Fn|3c}}
In addition to aliens, mutants, and psykers, most forms of robotics and artificial intelligence are outlawed in the Imperium. This taboo was inherited from human civilizations of the [[Dark Age of Technology]], who were nearly annihilated at the hands of the legendary [[Iron Men]].{{Fn|6}} Thus while certain forms of robotics such as [[Servitor]]s and [[Machine Spirit]]s are sanctioned, any kind of true artificial sentience is declared to be a heretical [[Abominable Intelligence]].
