Rank charts for a Supers setting

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I think 18 levels of rank is too elaborate.

I would suggest collapsing some of them together, perhaps like this:

Administrative Rank

Rank 8
- Leader of a first-tier interstellar empire (Kree, Skrull, Shi'ar Empires)
- Leader of a second-tier interstellar empire (Rigellian Empire)
- Leader of a third-tier interstellar empire;


Rank 7

-Leader of an over-sector (up to a dozen sectors of an interstellar empire)
- Leader of a major sector (up to a dozen major star systems) or a small interstellar nation
- Leader of a major star system or a minor sector (up to a dozen minor star systems)
- Head of a major interstellar empire-level government agency (about 500 million subordinates);


Rank 6
Leader of a major planet or minor star system
- Head of a major sector-level or typical interstellar empire-level government agency (about 100 million subordinates); Leader of a minor planet or a large region of a major planet
- Head of a major star system level or typical sector-level government agency (about 20 million subordinates);


Rank 5
-Leader of a first-tier nation-state (European Union, United States)
- Head of a major planetary government or typical star system level agency (about 5 million subordinates); Leader of a second-tier nation-state (Argentina, Russia)
- Head of a typical planetary government agency (about 1 million subordinates);
-Leader of a third-tier nation-state (Australia, Netherlands);



Rank 4
-US Senator, US Supreme Court Justice*
- Head of a very large national government agency (about 200,00 subordinates; State Department); US Congressman, Federal appellate court justice; Leader of a small nation-state; Head of a small planetary government agency
- Head of a large national government agency (about 50,000 subordinates; CIA, FBI, USPS); Leader of a megalopolis, a medium province (Pennsylvania, Massachusetts) or a very small nation-state (Atlantis); Governor or elected leader of a minor colony world; Federal lower-court justice
6 - Head of a small national government agency (about 10,000 subordinates; FEMA, OSHA);

Rank 3
-Provincial upper-house member (State Senator) or Supreme Court Justice for large state/province; Leader of a major city (New York City, Chicago, Tokyo) or a small state/province (Montana)
-Chief of a large department (about 2,000 subordinates); Head of a large urban or provincial government agency (New York City Fire Department; New York Police Department); Provincial lower-house member or state appellate court justice for large province; Leader of a large town or small city (Allentown, PA; Trenton, NJ)
Head of a large office or small department (about 500 subordinates); Head of a small urban or provincial government agency;

Rank 2
-Leader of a small town or a county-sized rural political unit; Large city judge, large city councilman
- Chief of a small office (50-200 subordinates); Large city chief prosecutor (NYC District Attorney)
- Branch or division leader (10-50 subordinates); Technical specialist with a large staff

Rank 1
- Team leader (1-10 subordinates); Technical specialist with a small staff

Rank 0
- Ordinary rank-and-file worker (no subordinates)

*Semi-relevant digression: Note that I am not expressing support for the idea of members of the judiciary or legislative assemblies having actual rank in a theoretical unified bureaucracy. In truth, I don't believe that represents the reality of 21st century democracies, as discussed here.