EMPIRE

    - Political territory / realm 🔍 / state 🔍   (larger than & including multiple sub territories

/ countries 🔍 ) subject to an emperor's rule;*

Old French, from Latin imperium = dominion, realm; [military] authority, control;

supreme power, from imperare = to command [im (PIE 🔍  root en = in) + parare 

= to order, prepare (PIE pere- = to produce, procure)]

      * Not etymologically restricted to "territory ruled by an emperor" e.g. British Empire was ruled by a King / Queen