Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25315804-20180519044716

Can Storybrooke now be considered an empire, as it consists of various kingdoms all ruled by Regina? Do other royal families, such as Anna and Elsa, Merida, Tiana, etc. still have local rule over their kingdoms as Queens/Kings, who are under Regina's rule as Empress? Or did they all surrender their powers and rights to rule and Regina is just the Queen of a vast kingdom?

I feel like the finale implied that since Regina was crowned queen, rather than empress, it suggested that all other royal fairy tale characters willingly surrendered their royal powers in favor of Regina ruling a unified kingdom/realm and probably now live as either nobility or average citizens of Storybrooke.  