While discussing the Jovian Government, the typically Jovian problem arises; there is not much known abut the Jovian political system. However one thing is for sure, if the Jovians keep others from knowing them too well, they themselves values 'information' the most.
Even while being the smallest Empire in Eve, the Jovians are the most technologically advanced race in Eve. Interestingly enough, the Jovians have a very extensive spy network throughout the world of Eve.
The Amarr found this out the hard way. During the Amarr-Jove war the Amarrians had chosen the Vak'Atioth system to show their full might in the war. The battle was supposed to the pinnacle of the Amarr display of power. However, as things turned out, the site of the proposed display became the graveyard of the fleets of Amarrian forces. The Jovians knew about the Amarr plans even before the Commanders of the attacking fleets did. And to their credit, the Jovians prepared a plan to destroy the whole of the fleet. They lured the fleets deep into Jovian space and then gave them a surprise they didn't live to tell!
It is believed that the Jovians are not very spiritually inclined people but those that do take spiritual studies seriously peruse the knowledge just as fanatically as they do with any other type of knowledge.
In days gone by, a Jovian leader Ior Labron set up the 'Society of Conscious Thought' that gained huge power over the years. At one time the SCT became a political power rather than a religious cult. Many people believed that the SCT became the pseudo government behind the political one.
However, after the political powers realized the increasing might of the SCT, the Society of Conscious Thought was banned from the Jovian society. At this point in time, the SCT has come out of hiding once more. But their influence this time round is more on social reforms rather than political control. Their improved contact with the common Jovians bids well for their future in the Empire, both in normal relations with the people and as a perspective political power!
