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{{otheruses|USE=Imperial term|OTHERUSE=Short Story short story by Ben Counter|OTHERPAGE=The Tithe (Short Story)}}The '''Imperial Tithe''', also named called the '''Grand Harvesting''', '''Great Tithe''',{{Fn|6}}, or '''Terra's Due''',{{Fn|2}}, refers to the amount of materials an Imperial world must supply to the [[Administratum]].
==Overview==
Two types of Tithes tithes are demanded of Imperial worlds. The first is a military tithe which translates into requiring 1/10th of a planet's [[PDF]] being gathered as new recruits for the [[Imperial Guard]].{{Fn|4}} The second, known as '''Exacta''', includes all other types of resources or wealth. Collection of the first type of Tithe tithe is overseen by the [[Departmento Munitorum]] while collection of the second is overseen by the [[Departmento Exacta]]. Tithes are physically collected by Administratum authorities, successors of the Crusade-era [[Eaxector]]s,{{Fn|8}}, which periodically arrive on the subject world. The frequency of visits varies world to world, but in at least one case the Departmento Munitorum visited a planet nine times in a year, demanding new Imperial Guard conscripts each time.{{Fn|5}}
The size of the tithe depends on the type of world to which it is applied. A tithe can be any form of material: food, weapons, minerals, people, etc. Despite the number of agencies tracking tithes, the sheer size of the Imperium and the difficulty of [[Warp]] travel makes the time-consuming process of tithe collection excessively confusing and inefficient.{{Fn|2}}
It is the duty of [[Planetary Governor]]s to ensure the tithe of their world is paid, and any world that fails to pay its tithe meets with vicious reprisal from the [[Adeptus Terra]]. At the slightest breach of protocol, Imperial officials will often order the [[Adeptus Arbites]] to immediately execute the Governor. However, as long as the planetary ruler dutifully pays his world's tithe, he may rule the planet in almost any way he sees fit.{{Fn|2}}
==Tithe Exemptionsexemptions==[[Space Marines|Space Marine]] [[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld|homeworlds]], planets belonging to the [[Ecclesiarchy]],{{Fn|6}}, and [[Forge World]]s of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] do are not normally have usually subject to Imperial tithes, and are given the tithe grade [[Aptus Non]], though Space Marines must provide a separate tithe in [[Gene-Seed]] to the Administratum.{{Fn|2a}} Certain worlds which supply large amounts of [[Psykerpsyker]]s to the [[League of Black Ships|Black Ships]] of the [[Adeptus Astra Telepathica]] are also known to be exempt from the standard tithe.{{Fn|2b}}
However, even worlds exempt from the Imperial Tithe tithe are not always exempt from scrutiny or collections. The [[Sisters of Silence]] are known to gather [[blank]]s from worlds normally immune to the demands of the Tithetithe.{{Fn|6}}
==Tithe Gradesgrades{{Fn|1}}==
*Orbis Cassi - Used after a world is of no further use to the Imperium{{Fn|7}}
*[[Aptus Non]] (also Adeptus Non) - Lowest{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook]], pp. 114-115
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]] , pg.148
**{{Endn|2a}}: pg.383
**{{Endn|2b}}: pg.404
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Inquisitor : Conspiracies 3 - Heavenfall]], pg. 33
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Astra Militarum (6th Edition)]] - ''Raising the Tithe''
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Shadowsword (Novel)]] - Chapters 1 & 5
*{{Endn|6}}: [[White Dwarf October 2019]] , pg.56
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Mortal Fuel (Short Story)]] - [[Planetkill (Anthology)]]
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Horus Rising (Novel)]], Part Three, Chapter Two
