Empire means a group of countries or companies that are under the control of one person.
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More than half of FY 2019 discretionary spending went for national defense, and most of the rest went for domestic programs, including transportation, education and training, veterans' benefits, income security, and health care
Eastern Europe wanted to be independent from the Soviet Union, but did not feel strong to oppose Soviet Union: only upon its collapse could they really become independent.
And Soviet Union did not support religion: so religious groups could function more in the open after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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civilizations often transcend empires and are not dependent on their survival. for example, roman civilization was both a republic and an empire hope that kind of helps.
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