Imperial Ascendancy

The Imperial Ascendancy, also referred to as simply the Ascendancy, is an empire composed of various planets across the galaxy. It was founded from a merger of the Chiss Ascendancy and some of the remains of the Galactic Empire shortly after its fracturing 6 months after the Battle of Endor.

Originally occupying little more than Chiss Space planets and about 30 outside of that with a fleet of only 100 Star Destroyers, Thrawn's tactical brilliance lead the Hand to many great victories. Many worlds were conquered, including Kuat and even Coruscant, which was designated as the capital soon after.

It controls about a third of the galaxy as of 18 ABY.

Military of the Ascendancy
The Imperial Armed force consists of the armed forces charged with the expansion and defense of the borders of the Hand. It is composed of the Imperial Army, the Blue Navy and Thrawn's Fist. It is currently the most powerful military force in the galaxy as of 18 ABY.

The navy is composed of 7,232 capital ships (almost exclusively Star Destroyers), hundreds of millions of TIE fighters and their variations, and 3 Super Star Destroyers as of 18 ABY. With Kuat under their control, new ships are churned out quite frequently. New ships are also seized from defeated Imperial factions.

The army is composed of several different divisions with specialized roles, totaling up to a combined size of roughly 20 billion battle-ready soldiers as of 18 ABY.

The Special Forces is significantly smaller, consisting of several smaller branches each filling their own role, like Imperial Intelligence.