system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Warhammer 40k] How much does the average citizen of the Imperium know about the state of the Emperor?
gpt
They know that he "suffers" upon the golden throne for the benefit of all humanity; but he's probably depicted with all of the features that he had in life, not the dilapidated corpse that he's become.

Certainly it hasn't been related to the general population that the technology of the golden throne is slowly failing. The fact that a thousand Psykers are sacrificed every day is also likely kept from the public.