Talk:Kingdoms (WoR episode)/@comment-4683558-20140920072130/@comment-10390252-20140920132628

In Star Trek, they still called it the Klingon Empire, even though there hadn't been an Emperor for centuries. Sometimes, nations keep names as a reminder of past glories and to try to give the current ruling elite some measure of legitimcy, even when the real meaning of that name is now lost to history.