system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[General Sci-fi] How can a multi planet/multi system empire be governed in any effective way? Isn't there just too much to govern? And how does life really change much for the average person?
gpt
Technology is a major contributing factor. 

High tech settings like Star Trek or Star Wars where communication between systems is almost instantaneous and travelling light years can be done in days or hours, it's more than manageable. 

Settings like The Expanse where FTL doesn't exist and traveling to other systems can still take months or years, ruling other systems is done pretty loosely.